Vol. 2012No. 023Connected India
The India you were born into
Monday23 January2012
One way into 23 January 2012: young people. Behind that everyday lens sits a year in which rapid urbanisation, mobile connectivity and economic transformation continued to change daily life.
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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 2012
Moment of the year · Badminton
Saina Nehwal wins Olympic bronze
Nehwal became India's first Olympic badminton medallist.
201205 · 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.
EK THA TIGER
Year 2012
Film of the year · 2012
Ek Tha Tiger
Also in theatresDabangg 2 · Rowdy Rathore · Barfi! · Jab Tak Hai Jaan · Housefull 2 · Kahaani
Song of the year · 2012
"Tum Hi Ho Bandhu"
Also on the radio"Ishq Wala Love" · "Aashiyan" · "Pani Da Rang"
$ cat science-and-technology-2012
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2012.
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 2012
Sachin Tendulkar
Scored his 100th international century against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Mary Kom
Won an Olympic bronze medal in flyweight boxing at the London Olympics.
Gagan Narang
Won bronze in the 10m air rifle at the London Olympics, contributing to India's record medal haul at the Games.
Saina Nehwal
Won a bronze medal in badminton at the London Olympics, a first for India in the sport.
Yogeshwar Dutt
Won an Olympic bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in London.
Pranab Mukherjee
Sworn in as the 13th President of India after stepping down as Finance Minister.
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.
Curiosity rover lands on Mars
6 AUG
NASA's Curiosity rover lands in Gale Crater and begins its mission.
2012, circled in red
The year India turned 65.