Vol. 2014No. 100Connected India
The India you were born into
Thursday10 April2014
A time-capsule view of 10 April 2014: rural life becomes the doorway into a year when a decisive general election brought a new government and a new phase of national politics.
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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 2014
Moment of the year · Hockey
India wins Asian Games men's hockey gold
India defeated Pakistan in the Incheon final.
201405 · 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.
PK
Year 2014
Film of the year · 2014
PK
Also in theatresKick · Singham Returns · Bang Bang! · 2 States · Ek Villain · Haider
Song of the year · 2014
"Tu Meri"
Also on the radio"Galliyan" · "Mast Magan" · "Manwa Laage"
$ cat science-and-technology-2014
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2014.
4G enters the story
4G services began commercial rollout, initially on a limited scale.
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 2014
Kailash Satyarthi
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Malala Yousafzai for advocating child rights.
K. Radhakrishnan
Led ISRO as Mangalyaan successfully entered Mars' orbit on its first attempt on 24 September.
Virat Kohli
Appointed India's Test captain during the tour of Australia, scoring four centuries in the series.
Rohit Sharma
Scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, setting the world record for the highest individual ODI score.
Satya Nadella
Appointed CEO of Microsoft, marking an era of Indian-origin leaders heading global tech firms.
Narendra Modi
Led the BJP to a decisive victory in the 2014 general election and became Prime Minister of India on 26 May, beginning a new national government.
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.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down
17 JUL
The passenger aircraft crashes in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard.
2014, circled in red
The year India turned 67.