Vol. 2015No. 206Connected India
The India you were born into
Saturday25 July2015
Read 25 July 2015 from the ground up: start with the India outside the capital, then place it inside a year when digital public infrastructure and smartphones were becoming central to how Indians worked and communicated.
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India in a decade of transformation
Politics, technology and aspiration shape the national debate
India was undergoing rapid digital, economic and political change across a diverse and growing society.
India in Numbers
A snapshot of India when you were born.
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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 2015
Moment of the year · Badminton
Saina Nehwal becomes the first Indian woman to reach world No. 1
Nehwal reached the top of the BWF women's singles rankings.
201505 · 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.
BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN
Year 2015
Film of the year · 2015
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Also in theatresPrem Ratan Dhan Payo · Bajirao Mastani · Tanu Weds Manu Returns · Drishyam · Piku · Baby
Song of the year · 2015
"Gerua"
Also on the radio"Agar Tum Saath Ho" · "Channa Mereya" · "Soch Na Sake"
$ cat science-and-technology-2015
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2015.
Digital India launches
The Digital India programme launched on 1 July 2015.
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 2015
Sundar Pichai
Appointed CEO of Google, highlighting the global rise of Indian-origin technology executives.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Passed away on 27 July while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong, resulting in national mourning.
Saina Nehwal
Became the first Indian female badminton player to achieve the World No. 1 ranking.
Sania Mirza
Achieved the World No. 1 ranking in women's doubles alongside Martina Hingis after winning Wimbledon and the US Open.
S. S. Rajamouli
Directed 'Baahubali: The Beginning', raising visual effects standards in Indian cinema.
Kangana Ranaut
Won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Queen, and delivered another widely acclaimed performance in Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
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.
Iran nuclear deal is reached
14 JUL
Iran and major powers conclude the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
2015, circled in red
The year India turned 68.