INDEX A Alien Control Officers Abe, Shinzo, 146 Philippines, 527 Abdul Kalam (President), 86, 313, 314 All-Malaya Hindu Conference, 461 Abdullah Badawi, 342, 441 Amanah Saham Nasional, 342, 343 academics Amar Emporium, 533 Malaysia, 43 Ambani, Mukesh, 136 accounting and audit areas Amco, 533 under-representation, 327 American Civil War, 30 Acharya, Amitav, 158 American colonialism Adi Dravidar caste, 457–59 Philippines, 500 adivasi labour, 18 Amedeo Corporation, 180 Aditha Birla Group, 136, 240 Amul ice cream, 183 Africa slave trade Anand Pur Durbar, 245 involvement of banians, 23 Andamans, 14 Agamic, 458, 459 Andhra Pradesh, 241 Agamic gods, 467 Angkor Wat, 88, 288, 294 Agamic temples, 459 Anholt, Simon, 130 Agencia Bocolod, 533 annual earnings Agencia Zee, 533 Indian males in Malaysia, 340 Agreement on Confidence Building anti-Chinese opposition Measures (CBM), 196 trade unions, from, 10 agriculture anti-Pol Pot forces, 94 Malaysia, 348 APTECH, 198, 201 Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim Aptech India-Ascent Network (Chief Justice), 390 Solutions, 517 Air Services Agreement Arakan, 14 Brunei and India, 172 Bangladeshi migrants, 53 Aiyar, Pallavi, 202 Arasaratnam, 13 alibata arc of advantage, 105 Filipino alphabet, 500 Archaelogical Survey of India, 294 687 36 Rising India Index.indd 687 8/28/08 12:37:01 PM 688 Index Armani, 131 Asian Relations Conference (ARC), 92 Arumugam, M., 247 Asiatic foreigners Arthasastra, 158, 195 Cambodia, 289 Arya Samaj, 679 Association of Southeast Asian ASEAN Nations, see ASEAN economic ties with India, 76 A.T. Kearney, FDI Confidence Index, imports from, 76 111 India’s FTA with, 84 Atma Jyoti, 247, 248 ASEAN Development Fund, 97 August International Trade Co, 199 ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), 118 Aurobindo Pharma, 198 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), 95 Australia ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Chinese labour migration policy, 10 Cooperation, 78 destination for skilled migrants, 39 ASEAN+3, 118, 126 white convict heritage, 17 ASEAN-10, 125 Ayodhya, King of, 304 ASEAN-India Car Rally, 115 Aysha Mosque, 184 ASEAN-India Consultations on ayurveda, 137 Agriculture, 99 Ayuthaya, 91 ASEAN-India Cooperation Fund, 97 Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, 395 ASEAN-India FTA, 76 ASEAN-India Science and Technology B Fund, 97 Bacolod ASEAN-India Summit (2004), 115 Indian Economic Association, 533 ASEAN-India Working Group on Bacolod Airport, 543 Health and Pharmaceuticals, 99 Bacolod City ASEAN-India Working Group on commercial establishments, 534 Science and Technology, 99 Bahai faith ASEAN-India Working Group on Indonesia, 234 Transport & Infrastructure, 99 Bahasa Malaysia, 339, 345 Ashenfelter, Orley, 353 performance in, 347 Asia-Pacific century, 75 Bahrain Asia-Pacific region, 74 Indian migrants in, 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Bajaj, 133 (APEC), 118 Bajaj Auto Limited, 139 Asian Cooperation Dialogue, 100 Bajaj, Sanjiv, 139 Asian Development Bank (ADB), 502, Bali Summit, 125 522 Bamar language, 59 Asian Economic Community (AEC), Bandar Seri Begawan Indian 101, 105, 116, 124, 125, 313 Association (BSBIA), 186 Asian financial crisis non-aligned conference, 3 effect on Malaysia, 331 Bandung Conference, 93 Asian Institute of Management Bangkok, 54, 60 Makati, 502 Tamil Hindu migrants, 61 36 Rising India Index.indd 688 8/28/08 12:37:01 PM Index 689 Bangkok Tamil Muslim Association, 61 bilateral trade Bangladesh, 95 India-Korea, 307 migrants from, 53 Binjai, 231 Bani Chams, 291 Birlas, 296 bankers, 60 Bismi Trading, 183 Indonesia, 230 Bohai Bay Economic Rim, 199 Bao Forum, 77 Bohol, 99 Barbers, Robert, 523 Bohras, 54 Barisan Nasional, 63, 359, 378, 443 Bombay Merchant’s Association, 238 coalition system of government, 360 Bombay 5–6 composition, 474 Manila, 502 structure, 361 Bong Ho-Kim, 304 Barooh, Smita, 630 Bose, Subhas Chandra, 58, 147, 456, Barwani, Ram, 239 552, 555–58, 682 Basu, Subho, 18 legacy, 557 Batavia, 13 Brahmin priests, 67 Batey, Ian, 130 Brand India, 132 Batu Caves, 66, 468 Brandt, William, 74 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Mutli- Britain Sectoral Technical and Economic occupation of Burma, 50 Cooperation (BIMSTEC), 95, 107 occupation of India, 50 BIMSTEC Summit, 670 British East India Company, 14 Becker, Gary, 320, 339, 345 British Empire, 12 Belait Indian Association, 186 British Guiana, 12 Benkulu, 14 British Indian Steam Navigation Bhagwan Mahavir Swami Jain Temple, Company, 33 271 British national dish, 22 Bharat Forge, 138 British West Indies, 12 Bharatha Natyam, 637, 638 Brunei, see Brunei Darussalam Bharatiya Janata Brunei Darussalam, 54, 99, 171–90 Bhawani, Ramesh Jiwatan, 181 arrivals from South Asia, 175 Berlin wall bilateral political relations with collapse of, 94 India, 172 support for, 82 Brunei Shell Petroleum Company, Best Department Store, 533 187 Beyer, Otley, 522 Durga temples, 185 bhakti devotionalism, 468 economic position of South Indians, controversial modes, 469 177–84 Bharati Ladies Club, 505 foreign born South Asian Bhaskars Academy of Dance, 642 population, 176 Bihar Gurkhas, 179 farmers, 53 healthcare policy, 181 Saran district, 19 Hindu Cremation Board, 187 36 Rising India Index.indd 689 8/28/08 12:37:01 PM 690 Index Indian Chamber of Commerce, Burma Delta 183, 186, 187 British annexation of, 52 Indian population, 173 Burundi, 450 labour laws, 179 study of ethnic violence in, 449 Malay Islamic Monarchy, 188 Busan National University Students Melayu-Islam-Beraja, 58 Association, 312 occupation by Britain, 50 business consultants population, 171–77 Indonesia, 230 population by racial group, 174 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Public Works Department, 189 499, 513–14 Report on the Census of Population Business Week, 207, 212 (1972), 172 society and identity, 184–87 C Brunei Darussalam Indian Chamber of California Commerce, 186 anti-Chinese policy, 9 Brunei Malays, 58 Cambodia, 99, 293–95 Brunei Investment Agency, 172 census (1937), 289 Brunei-Muara District, 183 Gorakhpuris, 293 Bruneiasation policy, 180 Indian businesses in, 293 Buddhism Indian pharmaceutical companies, conversion into, 62 294 Bulgari, 131 Cambridge University, 556 bumiputras, 319, 320 Canada initial public offerings reserved for, Chinese labour migration policy, 342 10 pro-growth policies (1980s), 330 Canton, 196 rights, 446 Cape archives under-representation in certain research in, 13 sectors, 327 Capiz, 531 Burma, 12 Caribbean Arakan province, 33 indentured migration, 16 befriending foreign governments, 80 Caribbean nations, 4 Citizenship Law, 334 caste system, 21 demand for Indian convicts, 16 Caucus of Foreign Chambers of diversity of Indian business groups, Commerce, 503 34 Centre for Urban and Development Indian migration flow, 32 Studies, 289 percentage of population as Indians, Centres for English Language Training, 33 in CLMV countries, 98 pre-war economy, 52 Ceylon, 12, 13, 67 rice industry, 33–35 Ceylon Tamils, 163 tension between Rohingyas and Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 18 Rakhine, 34 Champa, 91 36 Rising India Index.indd 690 8/28/08 12:37:01 PM Index 691 Champa kingdoms, 288 Catholicism, 6 Chandra, Amit, 137 large presence, 8 Chandru Punjabi, 181 migrants living in kongsis, 337 Changzhou Wujin NatSteel Company Chinese diaspora, 6 Limited, 139 Chinese merchants Chatterjee, Indrani, 14 regional trading, 6 chawl, 223 Chinese migrants Chettiar middle class, 456 profile, 9 Chettiars, 52 wider range of occupations, 35 CLMV countries, 288 Chinese migration Vietnam, 289 difference from Indian, 35 Chiang Mai, 99 Chinese overseas, 6 Chiang Mai Initiative, 118 Chinoy, Sujan R., 201 chicken tikka masala, 22 Choi Jung-il, 308 Chidambaram (Foreign Minister), Chola Kingdom, 549 131 Choson Dynasty, 305 China, 102, 195–206 Christianity civil wars, 9 spread of, 91 dismantling of bureaucracy, 5 Chulia merchants, 28 economic success, 5 Chung King Mansion, 208 economic zones, 199 Citigroup, 180 growth performance, 75 citizenship Indian communities in, 196 issue of, 58 main locations of Indians, 200 civil service modernization drive, 10 Malaysia, 382 Most-Favoured Nation Agreement civil society with India, 197 Malaysia, 367–69 performance of economy, 4 Clapham Junction, 552 policy towards oversea Chinese, Clinton, Bill 81 visit to India, 151 relations with India, historical Coedes, George (Professor), 89, 549 perspective, 4 Cold War, 3 return of Indians from, 199–201 1960s, 148 special economic zones, 199 end of, 72, 149 China National Tourism Cold War Equation Administration, 201 obstacle to greater integration, 153 China-ASEAN bilateral trade, 76 Colonial Office, 554 Chindia, 201, 212–13 Committee on Singapore Talent and Chindia-connection Recruitment (STAR), 40 study by analysts, 212 Commonwealth countries Chinese sizeable Indian presence, 80 contractors, 337 Comprehensive Economic Cooperation economic profile, 8 Agreement (CECA), 100 36 Rising India Index.indd 691 8/28/08 12:37:02 PM 692 Index Article 7.11, 42 Malaysian Malaysia concept, 371 Singapore, 41 Democratic People’s Republic of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Korea, 301 Agreement (CEPA), 114, 152 see also North Korea Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Deng Xiaoping, 5 (CTBT), 149 China’s modernization drive, 10 computable general equilibrium Department of Foreign Affairs (CGE), 124 Philippines, 519 Confederation of Indian Industries Devi Mandir, 245 (CII), 133, 136 Dhanabalan, Suppiah, 560 Congress Party of India, 74, 82, 359 Dialogue Partner with ASEAN, 95 construction workers, Singapore, 42 Diamond Shopping Centre, 33 Contact Singapore, 42 Doi Moi contract labour, 36 Vietnam, 291 Convention on the Rights of the domestic workers Child, 412 Singapore, 42 Coromandel