Projects

Abdullah, Zain. Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem. Aslan, Rose. Muslim Prayer in American Public Life. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/muslim-prayer-in-american-public-life-9780190079222?cc=us&lang=en& Curtis, Edward, ed. The Practice of Islam in America. https://nyupress.org/9781479804887/the-practice-of-islam-in-america  Hussain, Amir. Muslims and the Making of America. https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481306232/muslims-and-the-making-of-america/ Ghaneabassiri, Kambiz. History of Islam in America. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-islam-in-america/548E13D1A9CB076E03E76F093809EA4E Grewal, Zareena. Islam is a Foreign Country Kashani, Maryam. Medina by the Bay…Continue Reading Muslims in the US (John Cort 2024)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Bhagavad Gita and Leadership (Vasudha Narayanan 2024) Chatterjee, Debashis. Timeless Leadership: 18 Leadership Sutras from the Bhagavad Gita. Wiley, 2012. Devji, Faisal.  “Brothers in Arms”  (ch. 4) in The Impossible Indian​….Continue Reading Bhagavad Gita and Leadership (Vasudha Narayanan 2024)

Adcock, C. S. Limits of Tolerance: Indian Secularism and the Politics of Religious Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Chaudhary, Archana. “U.S. Panel Lists India Among Nations With Waning Religious Freedom.” Bloomberg, April 29, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/us-panel-lists-india-among-nations-with-waning-religious-freedom. Dabhi, Parimal. “Gujarat: 500 Dalits Embrace Buddhism on Vijayadashami.” The Indian Express, October 8, 2019. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-500-dalits-embrace-buddhism-on-vijayadashami-6059661/. Daniyal, Shoaib. “How the…Continue Reading Ghar Wapsi (Emilia Bachrach 2022)

Chavda, Mrunal.  2019.  “Performing Garba (The Clap Dance): Choreographic and Commercial Changes.” Dance Chronicle 42/1:  78–101. David, Ann R. 2014. “Embodied traditions: Gujarati (dance) practices of Garba and Raas in the UK context.” In Dance Ethnographies and Global Perspectives, eds. Ann R. David & Linda E. Dankworth, 13-36. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 13-36. Falcone, Jessica. “Dance Steps,…Continue Reading Navaratri Celebrations Outside of South Asia (Tracy Pintchman 2022)

Resources on the disrobing of Draupadi through a feminist lens From Sohini Sarah Pillai: Pamela Lothspeich has a great essay on modern interpretations of Draupadi in Many Mahabharatas entitled “Draupadī, Yājñasenī, Pāñcālī, Kṛṣṇā: Representations of an Epic Heroine in Three Novels.” There are also some helpful discussions of the disrobing episode in the Sanskrit Mahabharata in Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus:…Continue Reading Feminist Analysis of Disrobing of Draupadi (Patrick Beldio 2022)

Frits Stall, Exploring Mysticism, Soma in the appendix. D N Jha, Drink of Immortality: Essays on Distillation and Alcohol Use in Ancient India (2020) Matthew Clark, The Tawny One and Botanical Ecstasies. James McHugh, Unholy Brews. Soma in the appendix. Jan E.M. Houben, Soma Haoma (Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2003: 1-2.http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ejvs.2003.1.786) William Scott Shelley, Soma and the Indo-European…Continue Reading Soma (Sravana Borkataky-Varma 2022)

Translations  Coburn, Thomas B. 1991. Encountering the Goddess: A Translation of the Devī-Māhātmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press. Kali, Devadatta. 2004. In Praise of the Goddess: The Devīmāhātmya and Its Meaning. York Beach, Me.; Enfield: Nicolas-Hays ; Airlift.   Partial Translations Balkaran, Raj. 2021. “A Tale of Two Boons:…Continue Reading Devi Mahatmya (Raj Balkaran 2022)

Primary Sources Yoga Vasishtha (also called the Vasishtha Ramayana or Moksopaya). Abhidharmakośa of Vasubandh (French translation: de la Vallée Poussin, L. 1971 [1923-1931]. L’Abhidharmakośa de Vasubandhu: traduction et annotations. 6 vols. Brussels: Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises). Kalachakra Bibliography https://collab.its.virginia.edu/wiki/bibliographies/Wheel%20of%20Time%20Tantra%20%28Kalācakra%29%20Bibiliography.html A panchang (get at Indian grocery store or here: https://www.drikpanchang.com/ )    Secondary Sources Balslev, Anindita N….Continue Reading Time in Hinduism and Buddhism (Nicole Karapanagiotis 2022)

Allocco, Amy. “Snakes, Goddesses, and Anthills: Modern Challenges and Women’s Ritual Responses in Contemporary South India” (Dissertation, Emory University 2009). https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/7w62f8854?locale=en Krishnan, Y. 1967. “The Nāga Cult in Indian Art and Literature.” Oriental Art N.S. XIII (3): 180-92 Irwin, John C. 1982. “The Sacred Anthill and the Cult of the Primordial Mound.” History of Religions 21 (4):…Continue Reading Sarpamani- Birds and Snakes (Gil Ben-Herut 2021)

Articles and Books: The work of Radhika Parameswaran, in Indiana University’s Media School Articles on Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia, edited by J. Bronkhors and M. Deshpande, Harvard University. H H Hock’s “Through a glass darkly: Modern racial interpretations vs. textual analysis and general prehistoric evidence on army and dasa/dasyu in Vedic society” T….Continue Reading Skin Color Bias in Historical and Religious Contexts (Claire Robison 2021)