New HASP publication: Nidan (December 2024 Issue) Volume 9, no 2. (edited by Dr. Deepra Dandekar)
The biannual academic journal Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies published by HASP (Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing) is proud to present readers with its recent December 2024 issue. Edited by Deepra Dandekar, this special issue on “Material Religion, Assemblage, and the Agency of Things in South Asia” is guest edited by Leah Elizabeth Comeau. This is the table of contents:
Preface: Materiality (Deepra Dandekar)
Introduction: Material Religion, Assemblage, and the Agency of Things in South Asia (Leah Elizabeth Comeau)
Afterword: An Eiffel Tower at Nagore: Material Religion and Spectacular Assemblages at a South Indian Sufi Shrine (Harini Kumar)
Obituary of Trichur Subramaniam Rukmini: June 29, 1930 – November 24, 2024 (Pratap Kumar Penumala)
Research Articles
- A Material Religion Approach to the Dargah of Sadal Baba in Pune (Deepra Dandekar)
- The Puzzle of Basil Brides and Canine Grooms: On the Material Assemblage of Hindu Folk Rituals, And the Agency of Non-humans (Anne T. Mocko)
- With and Within Mind: Visualising (With) Materiality In Bhakti Practices (Iva Patel)
- Material Religion and the Edges of Assemblage at a South Indian Beach Festival (Leah Elizabeth Comeau)
Book Reviews
- Ole Birk Laursen. “Anarchy or Chaos: M.P.T. Acharya and the Indian Struggle for Freedom” (Gautam Pemmaraju)
- Martin Christof-Füchsle and Razak Khan. “Nodes of Translation: Intellectual History between Modern India and Germany” (Heinz Werner Wessler)
- Sutapa Dutta and Shivangini Tandon. “Making the ‘Woman’: Discourses of Gender in 18th-19th Century India” (Sabina Kazmi)
- Amrita Datta. “Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities In Germany: Why Move?” (Deepra Dandekar)
- Sadan Jha. “Social City: Urban Experience and Belonging in Surat” (Mithilesh Kumar)
- Shama Mitra Chenoy. “Delhi and Its Environs Before 1857: The Account of Ramji Das, Sarishtadar” (Amol Saghar)