[Organized by The Patna Collective]
Venue: Conference Room No. 1 (Main Building), India International Centre, New Delhi
December 1-2, 2012.
Conference Schedule
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 (DAY ONE)
9:00 am: Opening Session
Registration
Welcome and Introduction by The Patna Collective
Conversation One—Caste and Islam: Conceptual Approaches in Social Sciences
Prof. Imtiaz Ahmad, Formerly Professor of Political Sociology, JNU, New Delhi
Interlocutor: Dr. Hilal Ahmad, CSDS, New Delhi
11:15 am: Tea Break
11:30 am: Session II
Conversation Two—Pasmanda Movement: The Politicization of Muslim Caste
Ali Anwar Ansari, MP (Rajya Sabha) and Founder All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (AIPMM), Bihar & Vilas Sonawane, Social Activist and Founder All India Muslim OBC Organization (AIMOBCO), Maharashtra
Interlocutor: Khalid Anis Ansari, The Patna Collective, New Delhi
1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1: 45 pm: Session III
Academic Panel I
Paper I—Islam and the Question of Caste in Kerala: Some Reflections
R. Santosh, Asst. Professor, IIT Madras, Chennai
Paper II—Intersections of Caste and Religion among Kerala Muslims: Rethinking Beemapalli Police Firing
K. Ashraf, MA Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Johannesburg
Paper III—Secularism, Islam and Caste in Kerala: A Historical Overview
James Michael, PhD Candidate, EFLU, Hyderabad
Chair: Shahrukh Alam, The Patna Collective, New Delhi
Discussant: Dr. Cybil Vinodan, JNU, New Delhi
3:15 pm: Refreshments Break
3:30 pm: Session IV
Intervention I: South Asian Islam and the Caste Question
Ajmal Kamal, Writer & Publisher, Karachi, Pakistan
Presided by Prof. Sitharamam Kakarala, CSCS, Bangalore
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 (DAY TWO)
9:00 am: Session V
Academic Panel II
Paper IV—Minority within a minority: Reflections following Muslim Writing in Telugu
Dr. Uma Maheshwari Bhrugubanda, Dept. of Cultural Studies, EFLU, Hyderabad
Paper V—Muslim Reservations and the Caste Question in Andhra Pradesh: Some Notes
A. Suneetha, Anveshi Research Center for Women’s Studies, Hyderabad
Paper VI—From julaha to Ansari: Indigenous Hierarchies in Colonial United Provinces
Dr. Santosh Kumar Rai, Dept. of History, S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Chair: Mohd. Sayeed, The Patna Collective, New Delhi
Discussant: Dr. Arshad Alam, JNU, New Delhi
Intervention II: The Muslim Reservation Debate: Some Reflections
P. S. Krishnan, Former Secretary, Ministry of Welfare, GOI
Chair: Shahrukh Alam, The Patna Collective
11:15 am: Tea Break
11:30 am: Session VI
Conversation Four—Islamic Theology and the Caste Question
Maulana Abdul Hameed Noumani, Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, New Delhi, Masood Alam Falahi, MANUU, Hyderabad & Khursheed Alam, Freelance Journalist, New Delhi
Interlocutor: Arshad Amanullah, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, JMI, New Delhi
1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1: 45 pm: Session VII
Conversation Five—Caste and Muslim Marathi Literature
Prof. Fakruddin Bennur, Solapur
Interlocutor: Gouri Patwardhan, Independent Filmmaker, Pune
Intervention III—Critical Reflections on the Pasmanda Discourse
Dr. Neshat Quaiser, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Chair: Prof. Sitaramam Kakarala, CSCS, Bangalore
3:15 pm: Refreshments Break
3:30 pm: Concluding Session
Bonds of the Artisanal Islam: Meditations from Punjab
Ajay Bhardwaj, Independent Filmmaker, New Delhi
An ethnographic presentation, with excerpts of documentary ‘Kitte Mil Ve Mahi’ and the footage of radical dalit poet Lal Singh Dil who had converted to Islam. The key focus would be the attractions of cultural/material universe of the Muslim artisan castes in the pre-partition Punjab.
Concluding Address
Prof. Sitharamam Kakarala, CSCS, Bangalore
5:00 pm: Conference Concluded
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