06/07/2026
It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of Nidan's July 2026 issue titled "Authority, Lineage and Schism" guest edited by Avni Chag.
Preface (Deepra Dandekar): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29035
Introduction to the Special Issue: Authority, Lineage and Schism (Avni Chag): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29036
Research Article in the Spl-iss.: From Gurus and Lineage to Trusts, Committees, ‘Swami-managers’, and Workers (Gwilym Beckerlegge): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29037
Research Article in the Spl-iss.: Organisational Failure and Movement Growth: Schisms in the Gaudiya Math (Måns Broo): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29038
Research Article in the Spl-iss.: Grounding Authority in Text: Implications of the Śikṣāpatrī’s Recensions for Swaminarayan Leadership (Avni Chag): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29039
Research Article in Spl-iss.: How Does a King become a Philosopher? Jasvant Singh I of Marvar and his Vedantic Writings (Rosina Pastore): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29040
Research Article in Spl-iss.: Purana as Hagiography: Three Lineages in the Pratisargaparvan of the Bhavishyapurana (Sanne Dokter-Mersch): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29041
Independent Research Article: The Pauranika as a Hermeneut? Pedagogies of Translation and Reading in Jagannatha Dasa (Abinash Dash Choudhury): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29043
Independent Research Article: Sri Salami (1989, 1990) A Note from the Homeland: The Turbulent History of a Nation on Stage in Tamil Diaspora Theatre, Switzerland (Navadharshani Karunaharan): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29044
Book Review: Afsar Mohammad's "Remaking History: 1948 Police Action and the Muslims of Hyderabad" (Anindita Ghosh): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29045
Book Review: Aniruddha Dutta's "Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis, Hijras, and the Making of Q***r and Trans Identities in India" (Otavio Amaral): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29046
Book Review: J.N. Sinha's "The Raja, the Rebel and the Monk: Fateh Sahi's War Against the East India Company" (Prabhat Kumar): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29047
Book Review: Himanshu Prabha Ray and Ajay Yadav's "Indian Archaeology After Independence: Amalananda Ghosh and his Legacy" (Ashish Kumar): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29048
Book Review: Shamsher Singh and Sabah Siddiqui's "A People's History of the Farmer's Movement, 2020-2021" (Indu Agnihotri): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29049
Book Review: Tim Allender's "Empire Religiosity: Convent Habits in Colonial and Postcolonial India" (Jason Keith Fernandes): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29050
Book Review: Avni Chag's "The Relic in the Glass Cabinet. A History of the Śikṣāpatrī with New Translation and Notes" (Kirtan Patel): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29051
Book Review: Shivangini Tandon's "Life Stories in Mughal India: Indo-Persian Biographies, 16th-18th Centuries" (Sabina Kazmi): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29052
Book Review: Ophira Gamliel's "Judaism in South India, 849-1489: Relocating Malabar Jewry" (Torsten Tschacher): https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2026.1.29053
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