Vol. 2011No. 235Connected India
The India you were born into
Tuesday23 August2011
Read 23 August 2011 from the ground up: start with roads and railways, then place it inside a year when economic debates, anti-corruption activism and major sporting moments shaped India's public conversation.
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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 2011
Moment of the year · Cricket
India wins the Cricket World Cup on home soil
India defeated Sri Lanka in the Mumbai final.
201105 · 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.
BODYGUARD
Year 2011
Film of the year · 2011
Bodyguard
Also in theatresReady · Singham · Rockstar · Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara · The Dirty Picture · Don 2
Song of the year · 2011
"Why This Kolaveri Di"
Also on the radio"Kun Faya Kun" · "Phir Se Ud Chala" · "Ishq Sufiyana"
$ cat science-and-technology-2011
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2011.
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 2011
M. S. Dhoni
Captained India to its second ICC Cricket World Cup title, hitting the winning six in the final at Wankhede Stadium.
Anna Hazare
Led a hunger strike in New Delhi demanding the Jan Lokpal Bill, launching a nationwide anti-corruption movement.
Yuvraj Singh
Named Player of the Tournament at the 2011 World Cup for performance with bat and ball while battling illness.
Gautam Gambhir
Scored a crucial 97 runs in the 2011 Cricket World Cup final.
Arvind Kejriwal
Key organizer behind the 'India Against Corruption' movement alongside Anna Hazare.
Mamata Banerjee
Ended 34 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal, becoming the state's Chief 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.
Japan earthquake and tsunami
11 MAR
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami strike northeastern Japan, causing a major humanitarian and nuclear crisis.
2011, circled in red
The year India turned 64.