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Maya Burger, University of Lausanne, studied Anthropology, Indology and History of religions in Switzerland, India and United States. She is presently professor for Indian Studies at the Department of languages and civilizations of South Asia. Her field of specialization is pre-modern Hindi literature, history of yoga, history of the relations between Europe and India, as well as Indian religions. Recent publications include Religions in Play. Games, Rituals, and Virtual Worlds, Philippe Bornet, Maya Burger (ed.), Zürich : Pano Verlag, 2012. India in Translation through Hindi Literature. A Plurality of Voices, Maya Burger, Pozza Nicola (éd.), Worlds of South and Inner Asia, Berne : Peter Lang, 2010.