TY - BOOK AU - Nilekani, Nandan TI - Imagining India : Ideas for the new century SN - 0670081965 U1 - 330.954 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi PB - Penguin Group N1 - CONTENTS INTRODUCTION NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR 3 PART 1: INDIA RE-IMAGINED IDEAS THAT HAVE ARRIVED 35 INDIA, BY ITS PEOPLE 38 FROM REJECTION TO OPEN ARMS 61 The Entrepreneur in India THE PHOENIX TONGUE 83 The Rise, Fall and Rise of English FROM MANEATERS TO ENABLERS 103 HOME AND THE WORLD 128 THE DEEPENING OF OUR DEMOCRACY 150 A RESTLESS COUNTRY 176 PART II: ALL ABOARD IDEAS IN PROGRESS 181 S IS FOR SCHOOLS 184 The Challenges in India's Classrooms OUR CHANGING FACES 209 India m the City THE LONG ROADS HOME 233 ERASING LINES 258 Our Emerging Single Market MOVING DEADLINES 283 PART III: FIGHTING WORDS IDEAS IN BATTLE 287 THE SOUND AND THE FURY 290 Our Biggest fights JOSTLING FOR JOBS 314 INSTITUTIONS OF SAND 332 Our Universities A FINE BALANCE 353 PART IV: CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR IDEAS TO ANTICIPATE 359 ICT IN INDIA 363 From Bangalore One to Country One CHANGING EPIDEMICS 384 From Hunger to Heart Disease OUR SOCIAL INSECURITIES 404 THE FOREST FOR THE TREES 424 India's Environment Challenge POWER PLAYS448 In Search of Our Energy Solutions THE NETWORK EFFECT471 CONCLUSION THE AWAKENED COUNTRY 475 NOTES 486 A TIME LINE OF KEY EVENTS502 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 511 INDEX 516 ER -