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Category Archives: South Asian Studies
Creating the Space for god
by Deeksha Sivakumar It is the Tamil new year’s first month Chittirai, where several important festivals take place especially in Tamil Nadu. Madurai, home of the Tamil Sangam (Literary Council) and residence of the Goddess Meenakshi, witnesses a spectacular twenty … Continue reading
Critical Questions Series 2: Margo Kitts
In this second instalment of the Critical Questions Series, we ask scholars of religion how they negotiate the difficult line between “politics” and scholarship. The previous responses can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. The line between scholarship and politics or, if you … Continue reading
God©
By Deeksha Sivakumar Religion has always provided a reliable and recognizable brand name in the realm of the market where choices are too many. This is especially so in India, where Hindu gods have more celebrity appeal than any movie … Continue reading
Scholarship From The Road: Social Stuctures and Temple Ornaments
By Deeksha Sivakumar When we do ethnography on the road, we constantly encounter visual evidence that bears upon so much of the theoretical jargon we wrestle with in seminars, be it challenging or reinforcing. Take, for example, the iconic Tamil … Continue reading
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Tagged architectual ornaments, ethnography, Gopurams, Seligman, Tamil temples, TamilNadu
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Scholarship From The Road: “Being Someone”
by Deeksha Sivakumar Who would have thought that one of the hardest questions I ask myself every morning during fieldwork is “what to wear?” In order to be remembered or valued in society we all lay somewhere on a spectrum … Continue reading
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Tagged American, cultural capital, ethnography, identity, India, Kirin Narayan
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Scholarship From The Road: Belief, Practice and the Story of Andal
By Deeksha Sivakumar “The women of Ayodhya run eagerly to see the procession to Sita’s house… their hair fell loose, open on all sides, their waist girdles come undone, they do not even stop to cover their breasts… as they … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, Andal, Belief, Brahman, India, practice, Protestantism, Rama, ritual, Siva, Vishnu
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Scholarship From The Road: Southern India
By Deeksha Sivakumar I am currently in South India, conducting pre-dissertation fieldwork on some of the dolls commonly used in Bommai Golu. Golu is a tiered arrangement of dolls used to commemorate the South Indian version of the an annual … Continue reading
Posted in Deeksha Sivakumar, Scholarship on the Road, South Asian Studies
Tagged Bommai Golu, Brahmin, dolls, Navaratiri, ritual, South India, TamilNadu
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