Mollica Dastider

Fellow in Political Science

Ph.D.,Jawaharlal Nehru University

Research Interests:

Religious Minorities in South Asia, Europe’s Dialogue with Muslims, Identities and Nation-making in Nepal, Regional Histories in the East Himalayas

 Courses Taught:
 

SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

Books/Chapters in Edited Volumes

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Books

•  Understanding Nepal: Muslims in a Plural Society, Har Anand, New Delhi, 2007

• Religious Minorities in the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal: An Analysis of the state of the Buddhists and the Muslims, Nirala Publications, New Delhi, 1995.

 Book Chapter 

• Minority Identity, Majoritarianism and the Political Response in India and the West in India in the Age of Globalisation, NMML, New Delhi, 2003

 Monograph

• NMML Monograph, No.10, Minority Identity and Religious Majoritarianism in South Asia: The Resurgence in India and Bangladesh, NMML, New Delhi, December 2004

        Journal Articles

• “Linke und Ultra Linke”, Neue Gesellschaft, Frankfurte Hefte, Berlin 10/2006, pp36-38

• “Muslim Mobilization and the State in Nepal, 1951-95”, European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (SOAS, London), Vol.18, Spring 2000. 

• “The Muslims of Nepal’s Terai”, Economic and Political Weekly of India, Bombay, Vol. XXXV No. 10 March 4-10, 2000 

• “Racism in Germany: Double Talk by Political Parties”, Economic and Political Weekly of India  Vol. 36 no.12 March 24- 30  2001 

• “India and America’s New War”, Contemporary India, Vol. 1 No.1 (NMML, New Delhi)  January-March 2002 

• “Looking Beyond Kargil: Need for Peoples’ Initiative”, Mainstream (New Delhi) Vol.XXXVII, No. 32, July 31, 1999 

• “Nepal’s Fledgling Democracy” Mainstream Vol. XXXV, No. 52, December 6, 1997.

• “SAARC Decade Action Plan for the Girl Child”, Mainstream Vol.XXXI No. 17, March 6 1993. 

• “Nepal: Towards a Political Crisis” Economic and Political Weekly of India, June 23-29, 2001. 

Book Reviews

• Reviewed the book Gendered Citizenship: Historical and Conceptual Explorations by Anupama Roy, Orient Longman, New Delhi in  Contemporary India (NMML, New Delhi) January-June 2005 Vol.1&2 pp237-240          

Working Papers and other Articles

• “Conflicting Perceptions”, Editorial page article (critiquing the Clash of  Civilization theory) in The Hindu, October 9, 2001 

• “No Country is Safe anymore”, Editorial page article (on Political Islam in Bangladesh) in The Telegraph, Calcutta, September 21, 2004 

Editorial Responsibilities