Programme Schedule of National Seminar Secularism Under Siege: Revisiting Indian Secular State (December 18-20, 2014, Bombay)

Secularism Under Siege: Revisiting Indian Secular State

National Seminar

December 18-20, 2014

December 18, 2014

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai

SESSION I EXPLICATING THE IDEA Time: 12:30-02:00p.m.

Chair: Dr. Surendra Jondhale

1) Dr. K. Srinivasulu Discourse on Nationalism and Question of Secular State: A

2) Adv. Irfan Engineer Contours of Secularism

3) Dr. Zeenat S. Ali Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: The Roots of Secularism in India's

Critique of Nationalism-Secularism-Communalism Paradigm

Traditions.

02:00-02:45 p. m. : Lunch Break

SESSION II CONFRONTING THE ANTOGONISTS Time: 02:45-04:45 p.m.

1) Dr. Murzban Jal Confronting Communal Fascism@Bolshevik.com

2) Dr. Ramesh Dixit The Task Ahead

3) Shri Subhash Gatade Breaking the Siege: A Few Tentative Suggestions

4) Dr. Mohammad Fayyaz Rise of MIM: A Threat to Secularism?

04:45 -05:00 p.m. : Tea Break

SESSION III EXPONANTS OF THE IDEA Time: 05:00-06:30 p.m.

Chair: Dr. Jose George

1) Dr. B. S. Waghmare Narhar Kurundkar on Secularism: Some Observations

2) Ms. Noorjahan Momin A Critique of the Critics of Indian Secularism: A Study of

Partha Chatterji's Writings

December 19, 2014

SESSION IV SECULARISM & SOCIETY Time: 09:30-11:30 a.m.

Chair: Dr. Ramesh Kamble

1) Dr. Umesh Bagade Anti-Caste Secularism and its Erosion: A Study of

2) Dr. Shajahan P.K. Secularism as a Social Value: Communities at Cross

3) Prof. Cybil K. V. Secularism and Annihilation of Caste

4) Prof. Shamsuddin Tamboli Secularism in Multi-dimensional Society of India

Satyshodahak-non-Brahmin Movement

Roads

11: 30-11:45 a.m. : Tea Break

SESSION V SECULARISM & MINORITIES Time: 11:45-01:45 p.m.

Chair: Dr. R.S. Munawwar Ali

1) Dr. Himanshu Roy Muslims and Secular State

2) Dr. Ranu Jain Secularism: A Minority Perspective

3) Dr. Afaq Khan Secularism and Indian Muslims

SESSION VI CHALLENGES TO SECULARISM Time: 02:30-04:30 p.m.

01:45p.m. -02:30 p.m. : Lunch Break

Chair: Dr. Gautam Gawali

1) Dr. Asifa Jan Secularism in India: Challenges

2) Dr. Rizwan Qaiser Challenges to Secularism During Nehruvian Era

3) Dr. Shuja Shakir Assessing Impediments in the Path of Secularism

4) Prof. Zaheer Ali Factors that Laid Siege to Secularism

SESSION VII SECULARISM: CASE STUDIES Time 04:45-06:15 p.m.

04:30-4:45 p.m. : Tea Break

1) Dr. A. K. Patnaik & Rajesh Bag Crony Secularism: Dialogue and Reconciliation

2) Dr. Malika Mistry Appraising the Execution of Secularism through State:

3) Dr. Monirul Hussain When Nehru Died: Excavating Response of Muslims in

Chair:

(A Study of Khandamal Violence in Odisha)

A Case-Study of Pune City

a Small Town of Assam

December 20, 2014

SESSION VIII REFLECTIONS ON SECULAR STATE Time: 09:30-11:30 p.m.

1) Dr. Sanjeevini Badigar What's the State Got to do With it? Secularism in

2) Shri Asad bin-Saif Secularism and Democracy: Symbiotically Linked

3) Prof. Neetin Sonawane Secularism and Livelihood

4) Dr. Himanshu S. Mishra Conversion: A Point of Confusion for Secularists and

Chair:

Decline

Others

11: 30-11:45 a.m. : Tea Break

SESSION IX SECULARISM: VARIED DIMENSIONS Time 11:45-01:45 p.m.

Chair: Prof. Abdus Sattar

1) Dr. A. P. Vijapur Freedom of Religion in Secular India

2) Dr. Anand Teltumbde Contents and Discontents of Indian Secularism

3) Shri Shekhar Hattangadi Santhara and Art. 21: Challenge to Secularism?

4) Prof. Benazeer Tamboli Secularism and Education

01:45-02:30 p.m. : Lunch Break

SESSION X SECULARISM: DIVERSE FACETS Time 02:30-03:45 p.m.

Chair:

03:45-04:00 p.m. : Tea Break

SESSION XI Open House Time -04:00 p.m.

(Audiences Speak)

Chair : Padmashree Nida Fazli

Conductor of the Session : Ms. Jyoti Punwani

VALEDICTORY SESSION Time 05:30-06:30 p.m.

Valedictory Address: Mr. L. S. Herdenia

Chair: Mr. Harsh Mander