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List of Individual Speakers
 
   
 
Name Paper
A. Basu Ray Chaudhry Sabarmati: Creating a New Divide?
A. Gohri The Relation between God and Human in Holy Quran
A. G. Kashi The Bhagvad Gita's Potential for the Construction of Global Ethics
A. Iwatani Becoming Demon-Devotees in the Present Life of the Vaghri, a Nomadic Community in Tamil Nadu
A. K. Merchant Role of Intermediaries between the Divine and the Individual - A Baha'I View Point
A. K. Mukhopadhayay Bridging Mysticism and Science: Five propositions
A. S. Rad Conceptualization of God in Hinduism and Islam
A. Taj Hindu-Muslim Synthesis in the Bilingual Sufi Kalam of Amir Khusrau
Abha R. Pal Guru Ghasidas and the Satnam Panth of Chhattisgarh: Origin and growth of the harijan protest
Ajay Kumar Ghosh Pilgrim Centres of Mathura / Vrindavan and the Mughals
Ajaya Kumar Sahoo Emergence, Growth and Transnational Networks of Sathya Sai Baba Movement
Angela Sumegi Of Souls and Subtle Bodies: A Shamanic Perspective
Anup Kumar Popular Hindi Cinema: Hybridity in the construction of religious identity.
B. Davar Role of Traditional Healing in Mental Health Service Delivery: A Case Study of Western Maharashtra
B. T. Darbari Indic New Religious Movements In Iran, with concern to Osho
Bal Patil Jain Personal Laws and Uniform Civil Code
Bharati Mirchandani Globalisation of the Sage, Ramana Maharshi
Bimal C. Nanda Protest against the Caste System: The Case of the Satyashodhak Samaj
C. D. Sebastian Buddhism: Believers in Godless Religion?
C. Ranjan Unni Religion and Love: A Study of Bhakti Movement in Kerala Religious Literature.
C. W. Nuckolls The Bengal Renaissance Comes to Japan:  The Strange Case of Radhabinod Pal and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial
D. M. Antony Hermeneutic of the Self and the Subaltern in Religious Language. A Note on the Advaitic Paradigm
D. Mukherjee Christian Performing Arts in Indic Ambience: Chavittunatakam of Kerala
D. Parthasarthy Caste, Gender, Religion and the Public / Private uses of Reason: Secularization and the Kanchi Sankaracharyas
D. Thite Cultural Guerillas: Women acquire space by practicing rituals
Davesh Soneji Art Cinema, Islam and Globalization in Bangladesh
David K. Goodin and Kelley Flannery Rowan Gregory of Nyssa on Buddhism: A New Opening for Interfaith Dialogue from an Ancient Eastern Orthodox Commentator
Dr. Ratan L. Basu Theory of Kingship in Manusmriti and Kautilya's Arthasastra
Dr. Renuka Convergence and conflict between science and religion in the future
Dr. V. Balambal Angala Parameswari, a folk deity of the Tamils
E. Bloch A Christian Theological Deadlock. Knowledge about Caste and Hinduism Assessed
E. R. Sand From pluralism to uniformity? Some reflections of the development of the Indian legal system
G. C. Rath Lower Castes in the Helms of Religious Affairs: The Sweepers in the Kumbha Mela in Allahabad
G. Chakrabarti Saffron is Rampant': the Imagerial Dynamism of 'Hindutva'
G. Gispert Sauch The Centrality of ‘compassion’ (daya) in the Indian tradition and its significance for a political philosophy
G. K. Alex Transformation of Social Systems in Kerala: With Special Reference Syrian Uprisings from 1653 ; 1956
G. Singh Langar and Society
Gertrud Welheimer Transnational Perspectives on Gender and Religion
Gurminder Singh Langar and Society
H. Massen Religion as the Foundation of Gandhi’s Practical Philosophy
Hari Krishnan  
I. Theodor Devotion to & the Puissance of Beauty: A Study of the Saundarya Lahari
Ismail Dialogues as a Technique of Promoting Pluralism
J. B. Bapat Mumbadevi: Brahminization of a Folk Goddess
J. Bapat Sacred Canopy in Delhi Slums
J. J. Roy Burman  
J. Raghaviah Caste, Conversion, Social Mobility and Industrial Entrepreneurship: An Evaluation of Activities of Basel Mission in Malbar and South Canara During the Ninetenth Century
J. Shankar The Social Interpretation of Aghor in Baba Bhagwan Ram Ji's Teachings
Jakob De Roover What is Wrong with Communalism? On the Western Understanding of Indian Pluralism
Janet Kamphorst-Tiwary "The Goddess of War - A study of martial and religious metaphors in Medieval Dingal poetry"
Jayant Bapat and Marika Vicziany Mumbadevi: The Story of the Brahminizaiton of a Folk Goddess
Jayant Kalawar US-India Relationship: Role of Religion
Jyotsna Bapat & S Pande  
K. C. Pandey The Concept of Universal Religion: How much tenable is it?
K. Ghanbari A critique of the theses  concerning unity of religions by frithjof schuon and plurality of religions by john hick  resulting in an alternative theory
K. K. Sarvestani Religion in the "Qutb Shahi" era
K. Seele The sprouting seeds of doubt: Self-scepticism in the early Upani.sads and the emergence of the Buddhist non-self
K. V. Bapa Rao/S. Dougal Hinduism Studies in the Time of TRIPS: Examining the Confluence of Faith, Scholarship, Ownership and Power
Kundan Singh Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of the Vedas, and Its Implications for the Academia
L. E. Sanchez Renegotiating Religion in Popular Visual Culture: From Gandhi to Bhagat Singh
L. E. Sanchez The Bhagvata Purana and the Rasa Theory
L. Peach Sex Slaves" or "Sex Workers"? Cross-Cultural and Comparative Religious Perspectives on Sexuality, Subjectivity, and Moral Identity in Anti-Sex Trafficking Discourse
L. Spencer  
Leela Prasad No More Nautches in Poodoocottah”: Colonial Modernity, Memory and the Devadasi Dance Tradition of the Viralimalai Murukan Temple
M. B. Schmepp Global Imagineries and local concerns- the case of the Shiv Narayanis
M. K. Sridhar The concept of Consciousness in Upanishads and its comparison in modern psychology
M. K. Sridhar The effects of the Mahabharata War on the then society and its message for the Contemporay World
M. Priska Mulaipari- a local South Indian women,s ritual- promoting sign for female empowerment
M. S. Chandakavate Veerasaivism: A Diamond in the Dust
M. Samantray The Issue of Tribal Identity in the Debate over Conversion to Christianity in India
M. Singh Managing Cultural Liberty Through Intervention in Higher Education
M. T. Ansari The Lie of Religion: A Study of Basheer
M. Togawa Brata Ritual in Bengal
Maitreya B Samantaray  
Mekhala Devi Natavar Gurus of the Path of Grace, the Gopis of Braj: the relevance of ancient texts to modern day dilemmas
Mrinal Roy Nakedness is All
Muneer Illath Can We Negotiate a Secular Entrepreneurship? Re-examining the Entrepreneurial Experience among Muslims of Malabar, Kerala.
N. Banerjee Identity Overlaps and 'Rational Irrarionality'
N. Chitgopekar Religion in Dance - A Myth
N. M. Sadarangi Strains of Bhakti in the Sufism of Bulleh Shah.
N. Yadav Popular Cinema and Trafficking in Cultural Idioms
Naheed Kishwar Religion/Performing Arts & Media
Naveen R Kanalu Peerla Pandaga: Muharram practices in South India
Nunglekpam Premi Devi Manipuri Performing Arts through Vaishnava Approach
P. K. Jha Religion Political Parties and OBC Muslims in India
P. P. R. Devi Convergence and conflict between science and religion in the future
P. Parekh Literature of Sublime Struggle: South Asian Women Writer-Activists
P. Saeverin Manipuri Performing Arts through Vaishnava Approach
P. Srinivasan The sacred and the Profane:A study of Andal's Works
Pankaj Jain Householders and Renunciates in Indic Traditions
Papia Mitra The role of violence in Hinduism
Purushottam Agrawal In search of Ramananda: the Guru of Kabir and others
R. Govender Cross-Cultural Studies of Rituals and Practices in South Africa: A Valuable Tool for Nation-Building
R. K. Sahu Civilizational Heritage of Indian Diaspora Communities in Carribean Countries
Rajarajeswari Parisot Traditions and Transitions in Indian Classical Dancing with special reference to Bharata Natyam as presented and appreciated in France
Ramdas Lamb Religion and Social Upliftment Among the Harijans of Chattisgarh
Roopa Philip Re-writing the Biblical Gospels in Paul Zachariah’s What News, Pilate? : An Exercise in Theology
Ruth Vanita Hindu Traditions of Love-Suicide
S. Bhuvenshwari  
S. Chaitanya Re-imaging Indian Womanhood: Sita as a Woman of Substance
S. K. Srivastava Gender Perceptions of Marriage and Family: A study of the Oral Traditions of Bihar
S. Khan Zina and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women
S. Pathan The Communal Condition
S. Simon John  
S. Srinivas Darshan in the Sathya Sai Baba Movement: The Visual, the Virtual, and the Global
Sachin Jain White Racial Identity as a function of Emotional Intelligence
Samuel Dani Resistance and Emancipatory Identity: A Critique on Dalit Conversion to Mahima Dharma in Western Orissa
Sanjay Kumar  
Sankrant Sanu Evangelism and religious freedom in the context of Indian pluralism
Shakti Prakash Indic Religions & the Earth Ethics: Comparative Perspectives
Shoun Hino Bhakti in Hinduism and Nembutsu in Shin Buddhism
Smriti Srinivas Darshan in the Sathya Sai Baba Movement: The Visual, the Virtual, and the Global
Sudha Narasimhan Role of Intermediaries Between the Divine and the Individual
Sushumna Feminist' Readings of 'Tradiiton' and the idea of streedharma in the 12th century vachnakartis.
T. Naidoo God and Pentacyclic Revelation
T. S. Satyanath Cuisine as a Body-based Knowledge System: Ritual, Canon and Gender
T. V. Vardhan "Thinking of Cultural/Form and a History of Telugu Mythologicals: A Critical Review of Perspectives on the Visual Representation of Indian ‘Mythic Material’ Representation of Indian ‘Mythic Material’"
T.S. Rukmani  
V. Arora Text, Ritual and Context in the Sacred Landscape of Sikkim, India
V. Ramaswamy In Search of Ramrajya - Reflections from a personal journey
V. Verma Hindu Dharma and the Medical tradition of Ayurveda
Vijay Kumar Bish-hari Thaan : Myths and Realities
Vikramjit Banerjee Bhagawat Geeta and Economic Liberalism
William (Bo) Sax Healing and Social Justice in Garhwal
Y. Mishra Women in Valmiki Ramayana: Some Little Known Facets
Y. Saeed Pluralism in the Popular Devotional Art of Indian Muslims
Yaaminey Mubayi  The Temple, the Raja and the Colonial State: Conflict of Governance in the Jagannath Temple, Puri
Z. C. Sherinan Development of Dalit Consciousness through Tamil Christian Folk Songs: Global Implications
Zakir H. Raju  
Zoya Kazempour Migrant Mappings, Plural Narrations: A Folklorist Interrogates "Subalternity" in Colonial India

List of Selected Panels
 
Panel Coordinator
Panel
P1 T. Sairam Music and Dance Therapy in India
P2 S. Dube Translation and Transaction: Conversion and Christianity in South Asia
P3 L. Baraistein  
P4 Ishita Banerjee Sacred Spaces, Divine Centres: Understanding Religious Institutions
P5 R. G. Ahmad AMAL Pakistan
P6 Geoffrey Samuel Rethinking Subtle Bodies in Indian and Tibetan Yoga
P7 Shail Mayaram Hindus and Muslims: Perspectives on Conflict and Conviviality
P8 C. K. Raju  
P9 Madhu Khanna The Tantrik Goddess in Medieval Hinduism: Genesis, Evolution and Synthesis
P10 Davesh Soneji Books, Bodies, Bhakti and Being: “Reading” South Indian Performance as Commentary, Memory and History
 
     
 
     
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