Meera Nanda
Meera Nanda
Meera Nanda is an independent scholar based in the United States. She has been a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005-2007), and is currently in India as Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Her essays in various academic and popular journals have been widely read and discussed. She is the author of Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodernism, Science and Hindu Nationalism; Postmodernism and Religious Fundamentalism: A Scientific Rebuttal to Hindu Science; The God Market.
- Breaking the Spell of Dharma and other essaysINR 450
In four celebrated and controversial essays Meera Nanda connects religious fundamentalism with fascism and talks about the responsibility of intellectuals. She examines the link between Hindutva an...
- Science in SaffronINR 475
There is much talk of the glories of ancient Hindu sciences in India today. Landmark discoveries in every field of science, from mathematics to medicine, are being cr...
Samata Biswas
Samata Biswas teaches English at The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. She is a member of the Calcutta Research Group. She has co-edited the Anveshi Broadsheet on Violence; is a member of t
Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj
Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj taught History at Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi.Angus Maddison
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N/ASaadia Toor
Saadia Toor is an associate professor at the City University of New York and the author of The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan.