Vol. 2010No. 140Connected India
The India you were born into
Thursday20 May2010
20 May 2010 can be remembered through the working city, while the wider country was living through a period when infrastructure, technology and India's growing global role were prominent themes of public life.
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India in a connected century
Growth, security and technology shape the national story
India was adapting to a more connected economy and society while facing significant questions of security and development.
India in Numbers
A snapshot of India when you were born.
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Interpolated placeholder between benchmark years; replace with annual UN WPP estimate before publication. Not a census count. Source: current India population working dataset.
Prices from the month you were born, listed the way the kirana shop would have written them.
- The Hindu archive
- National archival records
- Press and public memory
04 · Sport
India on the field in 2010
Moment of the year · Multi-sport
India hosts the Commonwealth Games in Delhi
India won 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.
201005 · Cinema & music
What India was watching and humming
The film everyone queued for that month, and the song that played from every cassette player that year.
DABANGG
Year 2010
Film of the year · 2010
Dabangg
Also in theatresMy Name Is Khan · Raajneeti · Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai · Band Baaja Baaraat · Housefull · Golmaal 3
Song of the year · 2010
"Munni Badnaam Hui"
Also on the radio"Sheila Ki Jawani" · "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" · "Pee Loon"
$ cat science-and-technology-2010
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2010.
3G launches
Third-generation mobile services brought faster mobile data to Indian consumers.
Technology moves closer to daily life
Computing, communication and consumer electronics were gradually moving from specialist institutions toward ordinary homes, offices and public life.
Faces of 2010
Sachin Tendulkar
Became the first male cricketer to score a double century (200*) in an ODI (against South Africa in Gwalior).
Suresh Kalmadi
At the center of major corruption investigations related to organizing the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Viswanathan Anand
Retained the World Chess Championship title by defeating Veselin Topalov in Sofia.
Saina Nehwal
Won gold at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games and broke into the world top 3 ranking.
Rajinikanth
Starred in the sci-fi blockbuster 'Enthiran' (Robot), setting new box-office records.
Azim Premji
Donated about ₹9,000 crore to his educational foundation, establishing a major tradition of corporate philanthropy.
09 · BEYOND INDIA
Beyond India
Before the internet put the world in our pockets, news from abroad arrived through telegrams, radios, television sets and eventually phones.
Haiti earthquake
12 JAN
A catastrophic earthquake devastates Haiti, especially Port-au-Prince.
2010, circled in red
The year India turned 63.