Talk:Ann Grodzins Gold

By Rutvi Dattani

Ann Grodzins Gold is Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita of Asian-Asian American Studies and South Asian Studies at Syracuse University, as of November 2022. According to her University profile, research interests includes sustained ethnographic engagement with religion and culture in provincial North India.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of BJP Government.

In 2021, she endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

Books

1. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Discrepant ecologies in a North Indian qasba: Protected trees, degraded river." In Places of Nature in Ecologies of Urbanism, edited by Anne Rademacher and K. Sivaramakrishnan, 185-205. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2017.
2. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Carving place: Foundational narratives from a North Indian market town." In Place/No-Place in Urban Asian Religiosity, edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne, 205-226. Dordrecht/Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 2016.
3. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Food Values Beyond Nutrition." In Handbook on Food, Politics and Society, edited by Ronald J. Herring, 545-561. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
4. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Sweetness and Light: The Bright Side of Pluralism in a North Indian Town." In Religious Pluralism, State and Society in Asia, edited by Chiara Formichi, 113-137. Religion in Contemporary Asia series. London: Routledge, 2014.
5. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Ainn-Bai's sarvadharm yatra: A mix of experiences." In Lines in Water: Religious Boundaries in South Asia, edited by Tazim R. Kassam and Eliza Kent, 300-329. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2013.
6. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Scenes of Rural Change." In The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture, edited by Vasudha Dalmia and Rashmi Sadana, 13-29. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
7. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace." In Miracle as Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions, edited by Corinne Dempsey and Selva Raj, 85-103. Albany: SUNY Press. 2008.
8. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Gender." In Studying Hinduism: Key Concepts and Methods, edited by Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby. 178-193. London: Routledge, 2008.
9. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Contentment and Competence: Rajasthani Children Talk about Work, Play and School" (with Bhoju Ram Gujar). In Childspace: An Anthropological Study of Children's Use of Space, edited by Karen Malone. 193-212. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 2007.
10. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Love's Cup, Love's Thorn, Love's End: The Language of Prem in Ghatiyali." In Love in South Asia: A Cultural History, edited by Francesca Orsini, 303-330. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Journal Articles

1. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Tasteless Profits and Vexed Moralities: Assessments of the Present in Rural Rajasthan." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 15(2):365-385, 2009.
2. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Deep Beauty: Rajasthani Goddesses above and below the Surface." International Journal of Hindu Studies. 12(2):153-179, 2008.
3. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "Blindness and sight: Moral vision in Rajasthani narratives." In "'Speaking Truth to Power': Religion, Caste, and the Subaltern Question in India," edited by Manu Bhagavan and Anne Feldhaus. 62-77. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008.
4. Grodzins Gold, Ann. "The Long-tailed Rat." Asian Folklore Studies. 63(2): 243-265, 2004.

Special Publications

1. Grodzins Gold, Ann. Portrait: Ann Grodzins Gold, At Home on the Margins. Religion and Society: Advances in Research. 7:1-16, 2016.
2. Grodzins Gold, Ann. Waiting for Moonrise: Fasting, storytelling and marriage in provincial Rajasthan. Oral Traditions. 29(2):203-224, 2015.
3. Grodzins Gold, Ann. A thousand Nagdis. Anthropology Today. 29(5):22-27, 2013.