United States (continued), 139–141, 144, 148–149, 151, 153–154, 165–166, 168–169, 172n8, 175n44, 185, 187, 193, 211, 214, 222, 251–252, 255

universality, 2, 168, 170, 182, 189, 198, 204, 206, 221, 226

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), 193

untouchability, 124n6

U. S. See United States

U. S. A. See United States

Vedas, 85, 140, 167

village(s) in India, 21, 96, 100–101, 108, 123n3, 125n17

violence, 5–6, 13, 26n4, 57, 75–76, 99, 102, 104, 156, 158, 182, 189, 197, 204–205, 224–227, 241

Visvanathan, Shiv, 14, 69

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), 11, 157, 169–170

Walkman. See Sony Walkman

Warana Vibhag Shikshan Mandal (WVSM), 148

Weber, Max, 43, 51, 59

World Social Forum, 177n86

World Trade Center, 158

World War I, 126n30

World Wide WebSee also cyberspace, Internet, 22, 149, 181–182, 188, 194, 196, 199, 202, 206–207, 231n51, 233–234, 237, 249, 252, 254

Zoroastrianism, 141