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Farewell to Dietmar Rothermund The Sanskrit Summer School Intensive Hindi Course In memoriam Dieter Conrad Youth in Sri Lanka Medical Anthropology at the SAI All quiet on the water front? SAI-REPORT 2001

EDITORIAL Farewell to Dietmar Rothermund: by Axel Michaels Three Decades of German Afghanistan - the crisis in this tortured country does not only deeply concern Research on India all of us but also influences our pro- fessional work in South Asia. Many By Tilman Frasch colleagues at the SAI have worked in the region that is now the focus of the On January 20th, Dietmar Rothermund merous articles. He also founded and edit- world’s attention. What they have told celebrated his 68th birthday and retired ed the Journal of Non-European History us has always been fascinating, but after serving for 33 years as Professor of Periplus which serves as a platform for nowadays it is partly frightening and Modern South Indian History. Born 1933 German historians in this field. An updat- mostly sad. in Kassel, he studied History and Philos- ed version of his masterly History of India, ophy at the universities of Marburg, Mu- which he wrote together with Hermann Is there any hope in these bleak days, nich and Philadelphia where he graduat- Kulke appeared in 1998; the book was in this period which might rightly be ed in 1959 with a Ph. D. thesis on the also translated into Italian and into Eng- called Kaliyuga? I am as much at a social and religious history of 18th century lish (third edition 1999). Other books by loss as anyone else, but I wish that for North America. After a long stay in India, him were translated into Indian languages once and all the world could accept a he finally arrived at Heidelberg where he (Bengali, Telugu), Turkish and Chinese. (South) Asian value as a universal right: became Assistant Professor at the newly It was his particular concern to spread ahimsa or non-violence. Why should this established Chair of South Asian History. knowledge and information regarding ethical norm not be included in a new After finishing his habilitation - the the- South Asia, not only in teaching students declaration of human rights? Further sis on „Die politische Willensbildung in or through publications, but also through problems could and should be solved Indien, 1900 to 1960“ is a standard in this the German media. In order to promote afterwards. field to-date – he was appointed Full Pro- an image of South Asia beyond catastro- fessor of South Asian History on August phies such as nuclear tests, airplane hijack- However, my fear is that the hegemo- 1st, 1968. For many years, he also served ings or earthquakes – the usual occasions ny of Western values will continue in as Executive Director of the South Asia when German media turn their attention the far too rapid process of globalisa- Institute, a task that more than once towards South Asia – he consistently gave tion and the sometimes disgusting clash required his full attention in order to ensure radio and television interviews. In recent of religions, civilisations and cultures. the survival of the institute against attempts years, his department has become a reliable This makes our modest contribution of restructuring or budget cuttings. and commonly used source of informa- in this institute to an understanding of tion for journalists. His concern to bring each other more necessary than ever. The academic oevre of Dietmar Rother- South Asia into the consciousness of the Ger- mund is impressive. He has authored no man public also led him to establish the fewer than 38 monographs in addition to Heidelberg South Asia Forum which serves 20 books edited by him and of course nu- as a platform of exchange between scholars, businessmen and politicians. The 11th CONTENT meeting, „The Industrialization of India“ Farewell to Dietmar Rothermund 1 Royal Rajput Murals – 10 was held at Heidelberg in July 2001. Three Decades of German as taught at the SAI Research on India Dietmar Rothermund made his experi- Agricultural transformation and 11 ence and knowledge available to numer- The Sanskrit Summer School 3 ecological sustainability in a ous organizations and institutions. He is Speaking Sanskrit in Heidelberg Western Himalayan District: Mandi member of the Board of Directors of the (Himachal Pradesh, India) Intensive Hindi Course 4 German Asian Society (Deutsche Conferences 13 Gesellschaft für Asienkunde), member of Sruti: A Discourse on Nature 4 Staff News 14 the Indo-German Consultative Group, of Orality and Its Transmission Forthcoming Events 15 and, since 1996, he is President of the Research Projects 15 European Association of South Asian Bridging the Legal Traditions: 5 Branch Offices 17 Studies. On a European level, the European In memoriam Dieter Conrad Lectures 20 Conference of Modern South Asian Stud- Youth in Sri Lanka 7 Selected Publications 21 ies deserves special mention as it emerged A Focal Research Area of the Staff 26 from a symposion initiated by Dietmar South Asia Institute Rothermund in 1966. In September 2002, New Reading Room and 28 the 17th edition of this conference will Medical Anthropology at the SAI 9 Information Centre return to its place of origin, Heidelberg. In All quiet on the water front? 10 India, his name is a synonym of „German Sharing a river remains difficult, research on India“ – and it is even said even among friends SAI-REPORT 2001 that for many years the South Asia Insti- The retirement of Dietmar Rothermund his successor will have taken over in spring tute was commonly known in India as did not mean that he was tired of aca- 2002. His friends, colleagues and pupils „Dietmar’s Institute“. A more formal demic work. During the past summer term wish him continued academic productiv- appreciation of his work on the history he held classes on Indian History at the ity as well as good health and all the best of India was the award of the Hemchan- University of Vienna, and he will of course for the future. dra Raychaudhury Gold Medal by the continue to look after „his“ students of Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1994. history at the South Asia Institute until The Sanskrit Summer School Speaking Sanskrit in Heidelberg By Christoph Emmrich and Srilata Müller

The Sanskrit Summer School first came cants from which we chose 16 students Classical Indology plans to hold the course into existence in Autumn 2000. The idea (mainly German) with a minimum of 3 every second year in future. In contrast was to enable those interested in Sanskrit semesters of Sanskrit Studies. The course to last year, this year’s group included Studies to approach the language not just was structured in such a way that they had nationalities on an almost global scale as a literary one but also as a spoken one. a definite course plan - including gram- with participants from Sweden, Switzer-

It was felt that to learn to articulate oneself mar - during the first part of the day. This land, Austria, Italy, China, Vietnam and, in Sanskrit would also make it possible included a revision of and oral exercises on of course, Germany. A further change in for students to feel less self-conscious declensions and conjugations as well as respect to last year’s course was the high about their pronounciation in class and be the introduction of new vocabulary through number of postgraduates (60 % as com- able to internalize the syntax of the lan- dialogue. The exercises were frequently pared to none last year) and compara- guage in a natural way. As it was explic- repeated not just during one particular les- tively advanced students (70% above the itly stated in the poster the main aim was son, but also on subsequent days and a 6th semester as compared to 20% last to make the study of Sanskrit „a playful certain level of memorization was encour- year). This shows that spoken Sanskrit experience and demystify it“. The teacher, aged as part of the language training. There not only is felt to be a welcome addition Shri Sadananda Das, is a Junior Research was practice in the recitation of vedic to a student’s curriculum, but that - Fellow at the Indira Gandhi National Cen- hymns or subas.hitas as well as the reading researchers too may profit from this expe- - tre for the Arts and was a DAAD Research of stories from the Puran. as in the after- rience for their work. Comments by appli- Fellow at Tübingen. He has an M.A. in noon. The course culminated with a play cants have shown that the attraction of Sanskrit and is currently working on his staged by the students in Sanskrit, which the course offered lies, firstly, in the pos- Ph.D. while holding an assistantship at was a great success. itive response to last year’s performance, the Alice Boner Foundation, Varanasi. He The Summer School 2001, which is joint- secondly, in the reputation of Shri San- has had many years of experience in offer- ly organized by Prof. Axel Michaels, dananda Das and, last but not least, in the ing such courses and this, above all, guar- Christoph Emmrich and Dr. Srilata Müller, international appeal of Heidelberg and anteed the success of the Sanskrit Summer took place from August 8 to 31 with a the South Asia Institute in particular to School. In 2000, we had over 45 appli- total of 14 students. The Department of students and researchers alike. SAI-REPORT 2001 Intensive Hindi Course By Lila Hüttemann In the winter semester 1998/99 an inten- phonology, elements of morphology tion per week. Since its introduction three sive Hindi course for beginners was intro- and the basics of Hindi syntax are intro- groups of students have successfully com- duced in the curriculum of Modern Indol- duced. pleted the course and the overall results have ogy. The course, co-ordinated by Lila This is followed by a systematic study been very encouraging. Huettemann, is conducted once every year of Hindi grammar and syntax based on Asked for their opinions about the inten- in an extended winter semester from the dialogues and short texts with empha- sive course, the students were generally pos- beginning of October to the end of February sis being placed on the intensive prac- itive in their assessment of both the con- with 18 hours of instruction a week and is tice of new structures and vocabulary. tent and the quality of teaching. They also obligatory for all students with Hindi as their Translation from Hindi to German and felt that compared to normal courses at language option. The course is structured vice versa, various writing tasks in Hin- other universities the intensive introduc- as follows: di, elementary conversation are all inte- tory course had enabled them to acquire A two-hour lecture per week gives a gral to the curriculum. a more solid basis in Hindi. However, due basic introduction to various aspects Short tests every week and a more com- to the demanding and exhausting nature of South Asian life and culture, e.g. prehensive examination each month of such a course, they suggested a regular geography, history, politics, religions, monitor the students’ progress during the use of audiovisual materials, preferably languages and literatures. semester. in the middle of the week, to relieve the During the first two weeks of instruc- monotony of normal classroom teaching. tion students are taught the Devana- At the end of the course the level of lan- We are confident that we will improve gari script and the Hindi sound system guage achievement is roughly equivalent the situation in time for the next course. in detail. In addition to phonetics and to two semesters of 4-6 hours of instruc- Sruti: A Discourse on Nature of Orality and Its Transmission Dr. Molly Kaushal

The past decade has witnessed a renewed methodological and epistemological issues. scholars helped reveal the deeper essence interest in the orality of speech and oral tra- The workshop was jointly organized by the and meaning of the ‘uttered’ and the spo- ditions. Scholars of culture, language, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the ken ‘word’ in different traditions and the human psyche and history have delved Arts and the South Asia Institute, Uni- inherent transforming power of this ‘word’, into areas they term as pre-literate, non- versity of Heidelberg from 19-23 Novem- which is often equated with the divine literate and pre-historic. Although the dis- ber 2000. In a way this workshop was in himself. course on orality has deepened our under- continuation of a previous dialogue Oral- standing of its nature, functioning and ity initiated during the International work- The next four days were devoted to relationship vis-à-vis the written word, it shop on `Katha Vachana aur Katha Vachak themes: Sruti; Transmission of Sacred has also problematized it further by – Exploring India’s Chanted Narrative` Traditions; Concept of Sruti in Music; advancing a series of dichotomous cate- held in 1997 jointly by the IGNCA and Listening to the Oral and Transmission gories: oral-verbal; oral-aural; oral-liter- UNESCO. Whereas this workshop was of Knowledge. Papers in the first and sec- ate; primary orality – secondary orality; - rich in terms of empirical data, Sruti was ond sessions explored the multiple ways preliterate consciousness – literate an attempt at an in-depht discussion and in which orality expresses itself. The first consciousness and so on. How useful are debate. However the workshop’s unique- session concentrated on the relationship these categories in understanding the ness lay not only in the debate it gener- between the ‘written’ and the ‘oral’ word dynamics of orality? How legitimate is ated, but also in the authentic experience and stressed the primacy of the oral word the European hermeneutics in the con- of the `Chanted sacred word` made avail- in transmission and preservation of dif- text of other cultures, specifically South able to the participants by the practition- ferent religious traditions, the written Asia? To what extent do studies of orali- ers and bearers of various traditions. word notwithstanding. These papers also ty and oral traditions represent/misrepre- explored the concept and the hidden sent the perspectives of the participants The workshop which was conceived as essence of the ‘sound’, which in many and bearers of these traditions? a body with four parts, began with rever- traditions is seen as a ‘manifestation of berations of sacred verses in Sanskrit, Being’. The international workshop on Sruti – Avestha, Hebrew, Arabic, Prakrit, Pali, Transmission of Oral Tradition, was an Bhot and Gurbani. Selection of the vers- The papers under these sections also attempt to bring to focus various debates es, and the dialogue that took place explored the relationship that exists relating to Orality and to raise relevant between the preachers/priests and the between the performer and his audience, SAI-REPORT 2001 multiple ways in which oral compositions are created, performed and transmitted. Bridging the Legal Traditions But more importantly these papers shifted the focus from the textual-oral debate In memoriam Dieter Conrad, 1932 - 2001 to the realm of experience, communication, By M.P. Singh emotions and transformation of the self Professor of Law University of Delhi that Sruti generates. Here the focus of discussion were concepts like ‘bhav’, ‘rasa’, When Mr. A.G. Noorani’s article „Behind which he had founded and nurtured with ‘satsang’, ‘sankalpa’, ‘archana’ and the ‘basic structure’ doctrine: On India’s so much care, to flourish and move ahead ‘samarpan’, that make the realization of Sru- debt to a German jurist, Professor Diet- in the direction which he gave to it. Well ti event possible and different in essence rich Conrad“ appeared in the Frontline before his retirement he had started encour- from what is understood through a term like (vol.18, No. 9, April 28-May 11, 2001, aging young German scholars to pursue an ‘Performance’. pp. 95-96), little did anybody know that interest in Indian law so that one of them Dieter Conrad would soon be no more in could be appointed to take charge of the The debate from here logically moved our midst. Much to the sorrow of his wife programme after his retirement. Unfor- towards critiquing of academic under- Anne, and other family members and tunately, it did not happen during his life- standing of orality. The papers under the friends, Dieter passed away unexpected- time. It may hopefully happen in the near section ‘Listening to the oral’ critically ly in the early hours of June 1, 2001. Al- future. Along with the South Asia Insti- reflected upon approaches influenced by though his long indisposition was caus- tute, Dieter was also associated with the text oriented methodologies and explored ing anxiety to everyone known to him, Max Planck Institute for Comparative the perspectives offered by the frame- his sudden departure was taken with dis- Public Law and International Law at Hei- work provided by notions of ‘intertextu- belief and immense grief. He was a devot- delberg as an expert on South Asian law. ality’ ‘simultaneity’ ‘reflexivity’ etc. Here ed scholar and a gentleman par excel- along with sruti, the aspects of smritis lence, having many human qualities and In his article Mr. Noorani drew our atten- were taken up. Role of cultural memory, virtues. His passing away has created a tion to the most seminal contribution of individual creation, myth and history and void not only within his family and among Dieter Conrad to our constitutional the multilevel dialogical interaction that his circle of friends, but also in the field jurisprudence, namely the basic structure takes place between the text, context and of Indo-German legal research and aca- limitation on the power of amendment of the community were explored here. demic exchange. the Constitution. This limitation, though brought to the notice of the Indian lawyers From here the workshop moved on to the German scholars have made remarkable by Dieter as early as 1965, was not only traditional modes of learning and trans- contributions to a number of disciplines on an innovation in the Indian Constitution mission of knowledge. The papers here the Indian subcontinent that could be sub- when introduced by the Supreme Court focused on two different issues: one, of sumed under the rubric of Indology. As in the Kesavananda case in 1973, it was the role of rituals, oral communications Indologists they have contributed to Indi- almost unheard of in the common law in preservation and transmission of tra- an law too. Dieter Conrad was one who world. It was unprecedented. But since ditional knowledge, and second, of the started with the discipline of law and then besides becoming part of the com- importance of indigenous knowledge sys- stayed in it all his life. His scholarship mon law it has also travelled to our neigh- tems and the need to preserve and make was, of course, not confined to law and bours who either like Nepal have express- them available for contemporary socio- extended to other disciplines also includ- ly mentioned it in the constitutional text economic management. ing music. Not every aspect of his life or like Bangladesh have found it implied and scholarship can be encapsulated in in it. Pakistani courts are still wavering The workshop thus generated a mean- this brief memorial tribute. I will try to but are fully familiar with the limitation and ingful debate on the nature of orality in focus only on his contribution to law and have applied it in a few cases without ex- the context of expressive traditions with legal research in India. Such contribution pressing it in so many words. special reference to sound, music oral could be noted in three spheres – law in gen- narratives, traditional knowledge systems eral, Gandhi’s legal philosophy and aca- The basic structure limitation was, how- and modes of their transmission at the demic exchange. ever, known to the civil law countries and same time raising questions about the was, among others, expressed in the Ger- appropriateness of methodologies root- Dieter Conrad headed the programme in man Constitution – the Basic Law of 1949. ed in ideological and culturally situated law at the South Asia Institute of the Uni- By bringing it to the notice of the lawyers research traditions which may in fact mis- versity of Heidelberg from its inception in in India and convincing them about its represent the perspectives of the partici- 1963 until his retirement from it in 1997. natural existence in the Indian Constitu- pants and bearers of oral traditions.. In the absence of any substitute for him, tion, or for that matter any Constitution, he was looking after the programme for Dieter Conrad bridged the common law and from: Vihangama, The IGNLA some time even during his retirement. the civil law traditions in a major way. Newsletter 2001, Vol. 1, Unfortunately, no replacement could be To ensure the durability and smooth oper- found during his lifetime and even until ation of the bridge he continued to super- today. This was a matter of concern for vise it. After its completion in Kesavananda him because he wanted the programme, (1973) and use in Indira Gandhi (1975) SAI-REPORT 2001 cases but before the Minerva Mills (1980) case Dieter thoroughly appraised it in an article published in the 6-7 Delhi Law Review 1(1978-79). Reiterating that the basic structure doctrine has sound theoretical foundations and is of great practical utility, inasmuch as it tamed the con- stituent power and minimised the chances of its frequent exercise, he supported the idea based on the civil law model of enact- ing the basic structure doctrine into the constitution. Such enactment, he suggested, would give it greater certainty and But neither the bridging of legal tra- reduce the chances of the judges going ditions nor Dieter Conrad’s con- astray or being blamed of misuse of their tribution to Indian law is exhaust- power to strike down constitutional amend- ed by the basic structure ments for violation of the basic structure. doctrine. He did original writing on diverse legal issues tak- Much later, after the bridge was in oper- ing into full account history, ation for over two decades in India and politics, economy, culture, was also opened to other neighbouring religion, society and other countries, Dieter Conrad re-examined it and mores of India. For example, found that it was sound in all respects and examining the emergency was reinvigorated by its use and expansion provisions of the Constitu- on the Indian sub-continent as well as in tion and their use he pointed out the civil law countries. He was satisfied that that emergency powers were not intend- as Dieter did. His major work on Gandhi the basic structure doctrine was shaping ed to be used for improving the econo- is in German and not yet published. But into a standard measurement of constitu- my of the country, that the provision for whatever little he has published on Gand- tionality of the behaviour of different imposition of emergency in any part of hi in English – such as „Gandhi’s Egal- organs of the state in India as was evi- the country introduced by 42nd amend- itarianism and the Indian Tradition“ or dent in its application in the Bommai case ment and not removed by 44th amend- „The Influence of Western Liberal Ideas (1994). The case did not involve any con- ment was unsound and its use would lead on Gandhi’s Constitutional Philosophy“ stitutional amendment, yet the Supreme to the generation of feeling of alienation – is incomparable in its novelty, fresh- Court held that secularism was part of the among the people of that part of the coun- ness and utility. These and two other writ- basic structure of the Constitution and, try and that greater autonomy must be ings on Gandhi in German are reproduced therefore, if a state government acted conceded to the states and the use of Arti- in the book mentioned below. Maximum against secularism it could be said that a cle 356 must be curtailed. Further, trac- bridging of legal traditions is represented situation had arisen in which the Gov- ing the concept of the rule of law he said in these writings. With remarkable learn- ernment of the state could not be carried that it could not be attained in India unless ing of Western and Indian legal traditions on in accordance with the Constitution the judicial machinery was reformed to and philosophies he convincingly estab- and, therefore, that state could be brought provide expeditious and effective remedy lishes Gandhi’s internalisation and con- under the President’s rule. In this case against the violation of laws. Again, he version of many Western concepts into Dieter also noted another strand of the argued for a right to basic necessities of life indigenous Indian concepts and practices bridge, which is an important aspect of capable of being judicially enforced, that which became models for the rest of the the civil law system, „that there are, beyond certain canons like the basic structure world including the West. Nowhere else the wording of particular provisions, sys- doctrine must be recognised even though can the Western and Indian philosophy tematic principles underlying and con- they are incapable of being expressed in and concepts find so much blending in necting the provisions of the Constitution terms of positive law, that the existence practice as in these writings of Dieter. Let ... [which] give coherence to the Consti- of different personal laws must be re- us hope that his major work on Gandhi tution and make it an organic whole.“ In examined in the light of the right to equal- will soon appear for the benefit of the the light of these developments he also ity under the Constitution, etc. whole society. pointed out that the Supreme Court’s rul- ing in Indira Gandhi case (1975) – that Among Dieter Conrad’s scholarly pur- A selection of his writings between 1970 the basic structure doctrine applied only suits, not so much known in India, Mahat- and 1990 has been compiled under a Ger- to the constitutionality of the amendments ma Gandhi occupies a unique place. He man title „Zwischen den Traditionen“ and not of the ordinary legislation – devoted much time, energy and other published by the Franz Steiner Verlag, required reconsideration. Later in Indra resources in studying Gandhi in a legal Stuttgart, in 1999 under the auspices of Sahani II case (2000) the Supreme Court perspective. To my knowledge no one has the South Asia Institute of the Universi- applied the basic structure doctrine to leg- studied Gandhi’s legal philosophy and ty of Heidelberg. Many other writings of islation also. definitely not in so much depth and detail Dieter Conrad published during this peri- SAI-REPORT 2001 od and later still remain scattered. I wish er constitutional law and comparative law in every possible way in my understand- that all of them could be easily accessi- to LL.B. classes. In between he had been ing of the society and law in Germany. ble to Indian and other readers. on several short visits which were either Dieter made me a family member and I combined with his visits to other South have always been so treated by everyone The third and the most important strand of Asian countries or were exclusively for in his nuclear and extended family. In Dieter Conrad’s contribution to Indian India. Some time in late 1980s he was 1987-88 he also gave me the opportunity law and legal system was his promotion also nominated as Honorary Professor at to work in his place at the South Asia of academic exchange. Unlike that famous the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, which Institute when he was a Fellow at the Insti- German Indologist Max Mueller, Dieter position he held until the end. tute of Advanced Study in Berlin. My vis- did not study Indian society and its laws its have been repeated several times. But from a distance. He tried to be as much Not only did Dieter Conrad visit India besides the scholars in the field of inter- and as often as he could a participant in the and have exchange with Indian scholars, national law scholars in other fields of Indian legal system. His physical con- he also encouraged Indian scholars to vis- law are also now visiting Germany for tacts with India date back to 1964 when in it Germany and learn about it and its legal legal research and academic exchange. his maiden visit to the country he estab- system. Before his initiative in this regard lished contacts with lawyers in different a few Indian scholars had contacts in Ger- This brief glimpse of Dieter Conrad’s parts of the country and also delivered many in the field of international law but contribution to Indian law and legal sys- his ground-breaking lectures on the lim- not in any other field. He started perhaps tem remains incomplete without point- its of amending power. Later in 1978-79 with the visit of Professor M.P. Jain in ing out that more than his intellectual he was a Visiting Professor at the Uni- the late 1960s to the South Asia Institute qualities and hard work he was full of versity of Delhi for one academic year. for a few months. But because of lan- humanism. Like a seer in search of truth My association with him started with this guage barrier not much advance could be he conducted himself unassumingly, almost visit. We taught together a course on made on the expected lines. In a chance aca- to the extent of self-negation and self- administrative law to LL.M. students. demic exchange after his return from Del- effacement, and with an open and free Apart from sharing similar teaching expe- hi in 1979 Dieter asked me whether I mind. He never assumed that all wisdom rience with other colleagues, he gave a would be interested in studying some- flows from the West to the East or vice few seminars at the Faculty and also at thing about the German legal system for versa. Nor did he adore the West and con- other academic and research institutions. which learning of language was sine qua demned the East. On the contrary he saw He also associated himself with the Fac- non. I agreed and on his recommendation the East with concern, sympathy and com- ulty journal the Delhi Law Review and was awarded the Alexander von Hum- passion. He knew that mere intellectual- wrote an excellent paper for it about which boldt Fellowship in 1980. I learned the ism without concern to human feeling I have already spoken above. He contin- language and then the law, which result- was of no use. Intellectualism which does ued to contribute to the Review in later ed in the publication of my book on Ger- not bring succour and delight to the cry- years. All these contributions are used as man Administrative Law in Common Law ing among humanity is no more than a required readings for the LL.B. and LL.M. Perspective. During the language course wasteful, even rather harmful, exercise. classes at the University of Delhi. He vis- in Freiburg and later in Heidelberg Dieter ited the Faculty again in 1996 for a few introduced me to several reputed lawyers, from: Frontline, Sept. 14, 2001 months. During this visit we taught togeth- judges and legal scholars who helped me

Youth in Sri Lanka A Focal Research Area of the South Asia Institute By Hans-Georg Bohle

Although the ongoing civil war is gener- ly high youth unemployment rates, new cle which is based on the „Brochure 2001“ ally considered to be the most urgent problems such as cultural disruptions of the Colombo Branch Office of the SAI. national problem of Sri Lanka, another through globalisation, nationalism in the National Youth Survey of Sri Lanka (1998- equally unsolved problem is the violent course of ethnic conflict and rising drug ongoing) youth unrest. addiction have added to the youth problems of the country. The National Youth Survey was imple- Radical youth movements, rooted in prob- mented by the South Asia Institute, Uni- lems such as unemployment and frus- In the light of this situation, the South versity of Heidelberg, and the Centre for trated expectations, have already lead to Asia Institute, represented by its Branch Anthropological and Sociological Studies, youth rebellions between 1968-1971 and Office in Colombo, has initiated and sup- University of Colombo. The project was 1987-1989, were violently suppressed by ported a number of research activities that supported by the United Nations Devel- the authorities and cost ten thousands of focus on youth in Sri Lanka. Three such opment Programme (UNDP), Friedrich- lives. Currently, in addition to extreme- projects are briefly described in this arti- Ebert-Foundation (FES), Jaffna Rehabil- SAI-REPORT 2001

Street scene in Sri Lanka itation Project (JRP/GTZ), and the Goethe- Foundation, the Goethe-Institut/Inter Institut/Inter Nationes (GCI). The Nation- Nationes (GCI) and the Improving Capac- provided guidance and supervision for al Youth Survey is the first comprehen- ities for Poverty Research Program research activities as well as facilitation of sive island-wide opinion poll since the (IMCAP) of the University of Colombo. networks with government institutions, outbreak of the ethnic conflict in 1983, The papers presented at this conference NGOs and International Agencies. The covering aspects of social, political, eco- will be based on selected topics such as SAI was also involved in monitoring and nomic and cultural issues. The objective youth and politics, youth and conflict, evaluating project activities. The project of the survey is to enlarge the under- and youth and education that will be elab- was concluded in May 2001. standing of the grievances and aspirations orated based on the survey data, focus- of the young population of the country in ing on gender, ethnic and regional dis- Impact of Electronic Media order to solve their problems, contribut- parities. A publication will follow the on Youth ing to the improvement of policy and conference. (September-November 1999) development activities in regard to youth. The quantitative survey, covering 3000 Youth Livelihood Promotion The research project on the Impact of households, is accompanied by various Project (YULIP) (1999-2001) Electronic Media on Youth was imple- qualitative case studies, representing spe- mented by the South Asia Institute, Colom- cial target groups. The basic results of the The Youth Livelihood Promotion Project bo Branch Office and the Centre for entire survey consist of eight volumes was implemented by the Centre for Anthro- Anthropological and Sociological Studies amounting to more than 2000 pages. An pological and Sociological Studies (CASS), (CASS), University of Colombo. It was overview report and an extended data set University of Colombo in collaboration supported by the Goethe-Institut/Inter were released at a public presentation in with the South Asia Institute, Colombo Nationes (GCI). This qualitative research December 2000. A further dissemination Branch Office, supported by the German study on youth focused on the opinions of the available data is recently being pro- Technical Co-operation (GTZ). YULIP of young people on electronic media. The moted. In summer 2001, three young is an action-research project with the in-depth interviews focused on the impact scholars from Colombo University spent objective to open up employment avenues of TV, although comparative aspects on the six weeks in Heidelberg for further analy- for youth, helping them to improve their meaning and influence of other electron- sis of the survey. A conference on „Sri life chances in the Hambantota District. The ic media such as radio, video, internet, Lankan Youth: Profiles and Perspectives“ project employed young graduates from etc. were considered. The results were is scheduled to be held in November 2001 the University of Colombo as presented at a conference and a book is in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert- researchers/facilitators. The branch office being published. SAI-REPORT 2001 Medical Anthropology at the SAI By William S. Sax

Since the arrival of Professor Sax in August From Summer Semester 2000 to Winter and healing in the Central Himalayas. 2000, the Department of Anthropology Semester 2001/2002 we offered the fol- Another doctoral candidate, Ms. Brigitte at the South Asia Institute has been work- lowing courses: Introduction to Medical Merz, is completing her PhD dissertation ing intensively on developing a programme Anthropology, Introduction to Cross-Cul- on traditional female healers in Nepal. of teaching and research in the Medical tural Psychiatry, Ritual and Healing in One of our MA students is presently Anthropology of South Asia. We are the Himalaya, Health in the Cultures of preparing to do a „Praktikum“ in Tibetan working closely with the School of Pub- South Asia, Gender and Health in South Medicine in Sikkhim. lic Health and the Anthropological Insti- and Southeast Asia, Research Techniques tute at the University of Heidelberg. in Medical Anthropology, Ayurveda: Two MA students from the Department anthropological approaches, and Tibetan of Public health recently returned from a In Summer Semester 2001, we employed Medicine. short research trip in the Central Hima- Medical Anthropologist Dr. Karina Kielmann layas. Further research projects are planned to help develop the programme. Subse- On the research front, Prof. Sax has been in the fields of Health Exchange, Tuber- quently Dr. Kielmann accepted a position awarded a grant from the German culosis, and traditional healing. at the Institute for Tropical Medicine at Research Council for two to three years, the University of London. We are very for- in order to document and analyze a heal- Early in 2001, we plan to hold the first in tunate to have been able to replace Dr. ing cult in the Central Himalayas in terms a series of annual conferences (invited Kielmann with Stefan Eggs, currently fin- of „Critical-Interpretive“ Medical Anthro- participants only), on topics related to ishing his PhD at the Department of Anthro- pology and Performance Theory. One of medical anthropology in South Asia. The pology, University of London, on the top- our doctoral candidates, Ms. Karin Polit, theme of this conference will be „Gen- ic „Digesting Modernity: Body, Self and will be involved with this research, con- der, Health, and Politics in India.“ Medicine in Kolkata, West Bengal.“ centrating especially on issues of gender

All quiet on the water front? Sharing a river remains difficult, even among friends

By Matthias Paukert

With the signing of the much praised Indus Viewed from a comparative angle, the ent lower riparian’s share of the common Waters Treaty in 1960, the major road- fact that water was never seriously con- water source based on the perception of block for the development of the sub- sidered a potential weapon in the India-Pak- rivers as a natural entity, against the ear- continent’s vast water resources seemed istan context, as against the many quite lier principle of territorial rights, a simi- to be removed. Twelve years of interna- different scenarios known from other lar rule applicable to subnational cases is tionally mediated negotiations had final- world regions, is indeed remarkable. With the need of the hour. ly resulted in a detailed set of regulations the main obstacles to many large nation- guiding water policy-makers in India and al water development projects and region- The federal system in these countries has Pakistan. Yearly meetings of the Indus al cooperation per se removed (the sec- put the authority over, and utilization of, Water Commission, an outcome of the ond major transnational dispute, over the a province’s (or a state’s) rivers in the treaty, have so far succeeded in settling Ganges, was settled by Bangladesh and hands of the respective governments there- most of the problems without letting them India in 1996), the focus is now on the by delegating dispute settlement to provin- drift into the wider arena of bilateral con- subnational level. Inter-provincial and cial negotiators. In the absence of conflict. Politically, even though some ques- inter-state disputes over common water stitutional provisions, it is up to the con- tions, like the Indian schemes near Wular courses, like between the Pakistani cerned parties to negotiate a water shar- Lake and on the Chenab River at Baglihar, provinces of Sindh and Punjab and the ing arrangement. The case of the Cauvery remain open, this treaty, with its high Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kar- River dispute has vividly shown the con- degree of institutionalization, is widely nataka, pose manifold challenges to polit- sequences of failed settlements. Similar- considered a success, both by most Indi- ical decision-makers and legislators alike. ly, the Indus dispute has a potential to an and Pakistani and also foreign observers. At a glance, this problem appears simi- escalate into a violent confrontation, there- lar to the transnational, upstream-versus- by putting at risk the nation’s much need- Having survived several ‘hot’ clashes over downstream- riparians setting. While the ed agrarian and industrial development Kashmir before and after its signing, this international legal discourse has so far projects and the coherence of the nation treaty today stands out as a symbol of resulted in the establishment of a set of itself. Weak institutions with unclear peaceful, issue-oriented cooperation. principles securing the physically depend- responsibilities, political in-fighting and SAI-REPORT 2001 poor legislative control have added to an cies that easily fall victim to water poli- tive, analysing similar cases in several atmosphere of uncertainty. The commonly tics. South Asian countries. A concept pro- cited ‘water crisis’ - illustrated by fre- posal for this study is currently being quent riots in many cities (like recently At the SAI’s Department of Political Sci- reviewed by the Ford Foundation’s Del- throughout Pakistan) - indicates that time ence, a group of researchers will look at hi office under the Water Management is running out for short-term, ad hoc poli- this issue from a comparative perspec- and Policy Programme. .

Royal Rajput Murals – as taught at the SAI By Joachim K. Bautze

By the time Ananda Kentish Coomara- tion with these paintings led to the clas- precise origin of the inumerable paint- swamy, the most important art historian on sification of so called „schools“. These ings that flushed the Western art market in India of the last century, coined the term schools of painting were either called after the early 70s - their export was as illegal „Rajput Painting“ by publishing two large a region (Marwar, Mewar) or a place (Kan- as keeping the title „Maharaja“ - any evi- volumes on this subject in 1917, few peo- gra, Jammu) wherever Coomaraswamy dence of their former owners was ple outside South Asia in fact cared for presumed their origin to be. This classi- destroyed. The scribal remarks follow- these „Indian miniatures“. Times have fication - often a mere conjecture in the ing the collophon of illustrated manu- changed and today, no collection of South absence of contemporary records direct- scripts for example, were erased or paint- Asian art is complete without paintings ly linked to the painting - is more or less ed over in black ink. The scribal remarks, commissioned by Jain and Hindu patrons used to this day. when intact and readable, would have between the 15th and 19th century. When provided information as to the scribe of the Coomaraswamy worked on the subject, Coomaraswamy did not live long enough manuscript, the painter, place of produc- many of the Rajput states, especially those to witness the formation of independent tion and date of its completion. An in Rajasthan - formerly known as India between 1947 and 1949. The Rajput unspoiled royal Rajput collection would Rajputana - and Himachal Pradesh, were rulers merged their states with Bharat or necessarily have given sufficient evidence still in existence and their art collections India, thus giving up the age-old inde- about the time and places of the produc- greatly unknown. These collectors would pendence of their kingdoms. Whatever tion of its miniature paintings. Since the show their art treasures exclusively to changes the creation of the new united former Indian rulers were stripped of their members of their family or other person- India effected, the royal Rajput collec- titles and other privileges, they also saw ages of royal descent. As a result, Cooma- tions were left almost untouched. All this no more need to maintain their ancestral raswamy had but little access to these dramatically changed in 1971 when the homes. Many former Maharajas shifted treasures which were collected and val- then Indian Prime Minister, Shrimati Indi- into appartments in large cities to live the ued for centuries by the members of the ra Gandhi, after an earlier serious attempt life of a „Mr. Singh“. In consequence, Rajput nobility, the Maharajas, Maha- finally effected the „de-recognition“ (Con- their ancient palaces fell into ruins, and rana, Maharaos and whatever their titles stitution 26th Amendment Bill) of the for- with them the Royal murals inside. were. Coomaraswamy’s access to the liv- mer Indian rulers, many of which were ing quarters within the palaces of the „the co-architects of Indian independ- In art-historical context, royal Rajput Rajput sovereigns was probably even ence“ only 22 years earlier. mural paintings have an advantage when more restricted, as he, with but few excep- compared to their brethren, the miniature tions, only referred to transportable paint- „Now began a steady flow of India’s mate- paintings on transportable medium (paper, ings - the so called miniatures - thus ignor- rial wealth from her proud palaces: jew- textile): they can practically never be ing the enormous wealth of existing royal ellery, Mughal to Cartier; paintings, minia- removed from their place of origin with- Rajput murals. tures to Ravi Varmas to Stubbs’ to out being seriously damaged. Thus, the European masters; weapons, swords and question of their provenance never arises Coomaraswamy’s main concern in repro- daggers to flintlocks to custom-made and one of the major problems of art-his- ducing these paintings was to show their Purdeys; priceless artefacts, manuscripts torical classification is solved at the very great aesthetic qualities. Besides, he and even cars. Their loss was incalculable. start. Besides, a Rajput mural never appears attempted to date and to localize the pro- For a Prime Minister who professed a isolated as a rule. There are always prem- duction of these outstanding pieces of art, deep reverence for her country’s culture, ises like assembly halls or bed-rooms ful- almost entirely unknown prior to the pub- Mrs. Gandhi hurt it like no one else“ ly painted, allowing us to see side by side lication of his own books and articles. (Dhananjaya Singh: The House of Marwar, a great number of paintings offering more Coomaraswamy soon realized that very New Delhi: Roli Books, 1994: 209f). clues as to their date, should relevant few paintings mention the place of their pro- Thus, the greatest chance with regard to inscriptions not be present. The inscriptions duction, even fewer give a date and still less a more detailed classification of tradi- on Rajput mural paintings were not erased information is given as to the artist(s). tional Indian painting on transportable on purpose, as they were unsuitable for The scarcity of artist’s names in connec- medium was lost: In order to conceal the export. SAI-REPORT 2001

Generally, the same artists in royal employ- whom considered Rajput (miniature) paint- museums, much in contrast to their breth- ment produced paintings on paper as well ing in their works and thoughts. ren on paper or textiles. The exodus of as paintings on the walls of the palace. Indian miniatures did not necessarily effect Contemporary paintings done for a par- However, the disadvantages of this effec- their destruction, quite the contrary: many ticular patron, no matter whether execut- tive comparison should also be mentioned. of them ended up in air conditioned muse- ed on transportable medium or on walls, Publications on royal Rajput murals are ums outside India. However, these paint- are hence stylistically homogeneous. A almost non-existent, especially when com- ings were never meant to be seen in vitrines proper study of royal murals in situ allows pared to the large number of publications or pinned to the wall sandwiched in West- us to determine the precise origin of the bet- on Rajput miniature paintings. As a result, ern mounts. ter known but less precisely locatable anybody interested in Rajput mural paint- Indian miniature paintings. ings has to travel to the respective palaces, By looking at photographs taken decades which one may find either abandoned and ago, students at the South Asia Institute This technique of locating the geograph- locked or open but well guarded and thus had, and for a limited time still have, the ical origin of isolated Rajput miniatures by also inaccessible. And when repeatedly opportunity of employing the art-histor- comparing them to stylistically homoge- after requesting access to the palace - in ical method mentioned before. Many of neous murals has been taught at this South some cases this had to be done for sev- these earlier photographs show palace Asia Institute for almost a decade. eral years - one finally walks through the murals which have since disappeared. Although the art-historical advantage of old zenana portions and assembly halls Photographs of royal Rajput frescoes tak- this technique is evident as it is convinc- only to find that many Rajput frescoes en twenty years ago or even earlier, may ing, it is demonstrated exclusively at the have already fallen into decay. A decay still reveal the beauty that Coomaraswamy South Asia Institute of the Heidelberg caused by the neglect of their rightful once saw in Rajput miniatures. But just university, making it the only institution owners, a neglect initially caused by the as India was unable to retain these treas- in the world where coloured slides of government itself. Several old palaces ures due to financial and political con- miniatures are shown side by side with were transformed into hotels to suit West- straints, so the SAI has so far been unable coloured slides of their respective murals. ern standards, but their murals, if not total- to retain the programme in Art History. It is also to be understood as tribute to ly hidden under whitewash, greatly suffered However, I hope that a way will be found my predecessors in the line of the pro- under the brush of the modern restorer. to ensure that this treasure does not also gramme of art history, Dr. Heinrich Zim- become „history“. mer, Dr. Hermann Goetz, Prof. Heimo For obvious reasons, royal Rajput fres- Rao and Prof. Anna Dallapiccola, all of coes can generally not be presented in

Agricultural transformation and ecological sustainability in a Western Himalayan District: Mandi (Himachal Pradesh, India) By Wolfgang-Peter Zingel

This is a long term-project jointly under- ed by DAAD, to Shimla and taught pub- lar. Specifically the objectives are (i) to taken with the Department of Econom- lic finance at the Department of Eco- evaluate the development of the main eco- ics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shim- nomics. He went again to India, this time nomic, social and ecological characteris- la, India. Dr J. P. Bhati, Professor of as the head of the SAI branch office in tics of agriculture in the Western Economics, came to the SAI Department New Delhi from 1990 to 1992. The proj- Himalayas, (ii) to review the main policies of International Economics in the mid ect could be worked out and field research and programmes of agricultural transfor- 1980s as an Alexander-von-Humboldt started in 1992, thanks to a research grant mation and rural development with respect fellow. Having specialized in resource of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. Fur- to eco-stability, poverty eradication and economics he had been looking for a Ger- ther visits to India were possible in con- self-reliance, and (iii) to draw conclu- man counterpart working in that field. It nection with other assignments and by sions for the framing of future strategies was the beginning of more than a decade private initiative. and instruments for a sustainable devel- of fruitful academic interaction. In 1989, opment in hilly areas. after Dr Bhati had returned to Shimla, Dr The project aims at working out recom- Wolfgang-Peter Zingel of the Department mendations for an economical, social and Agricultural transformation and ecolog- of International Economics went on a ecological sustainable agricultural devel- ically sustainability are examined in ist University Grants Commission (UGC), opment in the Western Himalayas in gen- entirety. Mandi district was selected as Government of India, fellowship, co-fund- eral and in Himachal Pradesh in particu- the region of analysis, the heads of 240 SAI-REPORT 2001

In the midhills of Himachal Pradesh: On the road to Mandi

households in four villages at different Harayana) are near and major water and ments in the plains. By the late 1990s altitudes were interviewed; the quantita- power projects in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh became a text book tive analysis is going on, data are to be brought large scale investment and case of successful transition from a back- compared with secondary material and incomes. The deforestation of the moun- ward agricultural to a well developed, to be discussed in a seminar planned in tain slopes, however, has a negative impact although neither urbanized nor industri- India (Shimla). on the hills (depletion of forest resources, alized, hill state. One of the reasons seems land slides, erosion) and on the plains to be the smallness of the state. The recent Preliminary results: Himachal Pradesh in (floods, siltation, climate); the same holds split up of three of the larger Indian states general and Mandi District in particular true for road and dam construction. Due has been in the hope, that subsidiarity show the transformation of a region still to the large water works at the foothills may help to develop backward areas also characterized by agriculture but clearly of Himachal, however, flash floods and elsewhere. The study has led to new ques- improving its living conditions, surprisingly siltation hardly reach the plains. For the near tions, especially the role of transfer income without much urbanization and industri- future a drastic deterioration in Himachal and the links between the economies of alization. Income transferred from other is not to be expected; tourism is no (major) the hills and the plains. regions plays a major role: India’s most threat as yet. The future of Himachal’s prosperous regions (Delhi, Punjab, economy rather depends on the develop- SAI-REPORT 2001

CONFERENCES

India, Perspectives for the New T. N. Dharmadhikari: Oral Tradition D. P. Agrawal: The Relevance of Millennium of the R. gveda Traditional Knowledge Systems Today S. Ranganath: Oshadhi sukta Vibha Tripathy: Triveni at Prayaga: Monday, October 30, 2000, S. Mukhopadhyaya: Oral Force of a Tradition Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Transmission in Buddhist Traditions D. S. Pokharia: Traditional Heidelberg Farhat Tizvi: Azadari in Islam Technological Methods of Kumaun Sherrnaz Cama: Monajats Himalayas Opening - Dr. Axel Michaels, Monika Boehm-Tettelbach: Listening Executive Director, SAI as Transformation Address by the Ambassador of India to Shrivatsa Goswami: Speaking of Germany, H.E. Ranendra Sen Love - Transmission of Srimadbha-g- 11. Heidelberger vata Tradition Südasiengespräche Ravinder Kumar, Nehru Memorial Molly Kaushal: Experiencing the Friday, 6 July 2001, Akademie der Museum, New Delhi: „Rethinking Performance: Beyond the Oral - Wissenschaften, Heidelberg Swaraj” Textual Debate T.N. Ninan, Editor Business Standard, C. P. Zoller: Continuation of Oral Opening - Axel Michaels, Executive New Delhi: „India - the Prospect of Tradition in Bangan Director, SAI Prosperity” Sumati Mutatkar: Concept of ´Sruti in William Sax, Department of Indian Music Dietmar Rothermund, SAI: Die Anthropology, South Asia Institute, C. A. Sreedhara: ´Sruti in Karnatic Industrialisierung Indiens - ein his- Heidelberg: „Future Sociologies of Music torischer Überblick India” Aditya Malik: Creating Divine Prasad Chandran, BASF India: The Dietmar Rothermund, Department of Presence: The Oral Narrative of Chemical Sector and the History, (SAI): „Indian Federalism and Devnarayan Industrialization of India its Problems” Kavita Singh: Illustrated manuscripts Rudolf Weiler, DIGISOUND- for Oral Worlds Electronics, Norderstedt: Die indische Sarala Krishnamurthy: Wirtschaft: Erfahrungen des deutschen Sruti´ - Sumadhurabhashini: A Glimpse into Mittelstandes Transmission of Oral Tradition the Female Oral Tradition of Karnataka Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp, SAI: Shail Mayaram: State, Community Zeigt her Eure Schuhe - Globalisierung 19-23 November 2000, Indira Gandhi and Gender: Narrativizing Resistance und Stigmatisierung der Dalits am National Centre for the Arts, New in a ninteenth Century Kingdom Beispiel der Schuhproduktion in Delhi Roma Chatterji: Voice and Personal Kanpur Experience in Oral Tradition Michael von Hauff, Universität Indo-German Workshop organized by S. C. Malik: The Relevance of ´Sruti Kaiserslautern: Das Molly Kaushal (IGNCA) and and The Crisis of Modern Man: Wirtschaftspotenzial Indiens - Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (SAI) Touchstones of Experience Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit Martin Gaenszle: The Social Process Wolfgang-Peter Zingel, SAI: Indien Welcome Address - N.R. Shetty, of Transmitting Oral Ritual Text auf dem Weg zur postindustriellen Member Secretary, IGNCA Among the Mewahang Rai in East Gesellschaft: Infrastruktur, Introduction - Molly Kaushal Nepal Dienstleistung und Deregulierung Chodamani Nandagopal: ‘´Sruti’ – Its Address - Monika Boehm-Tettelbach Relevance in Bhutaradhane SAI-REPORT 2001

STAFF NEWS

Obituary 1st December 2000: 15th July 2001: The members of the SAI are mourning Susanne van Dillen took up an appoint- Karina Kielmann, Department of An- Dr. Dieter Conrad, who died on the 1st ment as Wissenschaftliche Assistentin thropology, resigned. of June 2001. Until his retirement in in the Department of Geography as suc- 1997, he had been almost three decades cessor to Markus Mayer. Martin Raithelhuber took up an appoint- head of the Department of Law at the ment as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter South Asia Institute. 31st December 2000: in the Department of Geography. Hannah Büttner, Wissenschaftliche Mi- Appointments, Resignations and tarbeiterin in the Department of Geo- Stefan Eggs took up an appointment as Retirements graphy, resigned. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the Department of Anthropology. 1st July 2000: Elisabeth Seitz, Department of Political William Sax took up his appointment as Science, resigned. 31st July 2001: head of the Department of Anthropology. Stefan Klonner, Wissenschaftlicher Mi- 1st January 2001: tarbeiter in Department of International Margret Frenz took up a three-month Karina Kielmann took up an appoint- Economics, resigned. appointment as temporary substitute for ment as Wissenschaftliche Angestellte Rosemarie Feller in the Department of in the Department of Anthropology. Ramona Schrepler took up an appoint- History. ment as Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Isabel Krüger took up an appointment as in the Department of International Eco- 1st August 2000: Wissenschaftliche Angestellte in the nmics as successor to Stefan Klonner. Brigitte Merz took up an appointment Department of International Economics. as Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in 15th August 2001: the Department of Anthropology. 15th January 2001: Annegret Steinmetz, Wissenschaftliche Jutta Schmid, Chandrika Weischer and Angestellte in the Department of 1st October 2000: Jürgen Kemptner took up an appoint- International Economics, resigned. Eleonore Schmitt took up an appointment as cleaning staff. ment as head of the Central Library as Marco Veselka took up an appointment successor to Siegfried Schwertner. 28th February 2001: as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the Heinz Kemptner, caretaker, retired. Department of International Econo- Stephen Lemcke took up an appoint- mics. ment as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter 17th April 2001: in the Department of Geography. Annegret Steinmetz took up an appoint- 1st September 2001: ment as Wissenschaftliche Angestellte Alessandro Buffarini took up an Christine Bigdon took up an appoint- in the Department of International Eco- appointment as Network Administrator. ment as successor of Markus Mayer as nomics. head of the branch office in Colombo. 1st October 2001: 1st May 2001: Mona Schrempf took up an appoint- Jaydev Jani took up an appointment as Roland Hardenberg took up an appointment as Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the ment as Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter in the Department of Anthropology. Department of Classical Indology. in the Department of Anthropology. 31st October 2001: 16th October 2000: 1st June 2001: Helga Nischk, Department of Geogra- Christina Bommas, secretary in the phy, retired. Christoph Emmrich took up an appoint- Department of Geography, resigned. ment as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Mike Enskat, Wissenschaftlicher Mit- in the Department of Classical Indology. 1st July 2001: arbeiter in the Department of Political Aditya Malik, head of the branch office Science, resigned. 31st October 2000: New Delhi, resigned. Indra Sengupta-Frey took up an Clemens Spieß took up an appointment appointment as temporary substitute for Manuela Wirschke took up an appoint- as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the Rosemarie Feller in the Department of ment as secretary in the Department of Department of Political Science as suc- History. Geography as successor to Christina cessor to Mike Enskat. Bommas. Harald Fischer-Tiné, Department of History, resigned. SAI-REPORT 2001

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

International conference Visu- 17th European Conference on European Summer School in alized Space: Constructions of Modern South Asian Studies South Asian Politics Locality and Cartographic Representation in Varanasi 9-14 September 2002 July 2002 (for further information con- (for further information see also tact Clemens Spieß, email: 21-24 May, 2002 http://www.sai.uni- [email protected] (for further information see also heidelberg.de/his/euroconf.htm) http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ind)

RESEARCH PROJECTS Interdisciplinary Research Projects Ritual Dynamics - Ansgar Wohlschlegel: Sociocultural Processes in – The Economic Theory of Bankruptcy Historical and Comparative Law. Memory, Agency and Violence Perspectives Project Coordinator: Coordinators: Martin Fuchs (Modern Indology) Dr. Dietrich Harth, Dr. Axel Michaels Department of Research Team: (Classical Indology) Anthropology Javeed Alam (CIEFL Hyderabad) Dr. Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp Roland Hardenberg: (Modern Indology), Monika Boehm- * * * – The Meria-Sacrifice: Ritual Tettelbach (Modern Indology), Roma Constructions of Socio-Cultural Chatterjee, Deepak Mehta Department of Identities of the Dongria Kond in the Development Economics Nyamgiri Hills/Orissa.

Visualized Space: Construc- Clive Bell: Alexander Henn: tions of Locality and Carto- – Child Labour, Education and – 1. Dynamics of Ritual. graphic Representation in Economic Growth – 2. Comparative Perspectives on Varanasi Coloniality/Modernity from Goa to Research Team: (all SAI) Clive Bell and Stefan Klonner: India and Brazil. PD Dr. Joachim Bautze, (History of – Long-term Movements in Rural Art), Hans-Georg Bohle, (Geography), Output and Income Distribution Karina Kielmann: Niels Gutschow, Abtsteinach, Axel – Gender and Health Transitions in Michaels, speaker, (Classical Indolo- Ralf Tresch: South India. gy), Martin Gaenszle, (Anthropology), – Applying Game-theoretic Concepts Joerg Gengnagel, (Classical Indology), to International Relations Monika Krengel: Steffen Lemke and Stefan Schütte, – Customs, Law and Moralities: (Geography) Clive Bell: Continuance and Change. – Rural Credit Markets and Interlinking (Kumaon/Himalaya).

National Youth Survey William S. Sax: of Sri Lanka Rahel Falk: – Industrial Sickness in India – „The Cult of Affliction“ of the god Research Team: Bhairava, in the new state of Hans-Georg Bohle, (Geography), Mike Stefan Klonner: Uttaranchal in north India. Enskat, (Political Science), S.T. – Rotating Savings and Credit Hettige, University of Colombo Associations (Roscas) (Sociology), Markus Mayer, SAI Oliver Kopp: Dr. Anna Schmid: (Geography), Subrata Mitra, SAI – Dynamic Impacts of CDM Projects – Globalization and Communal (Political Science) Response. Annegret Steinmetz: – Informal Water Markets: The Role of Share Contracts SAI-REPORT 2001 Department of Department of Department of Modern Geography History Indology

H.-G. Bohle: Dietmar Rothermund: Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (interdis- – Urban Development under the – Economic Liberalization in India ciplinary project in cooperation with Impact of Globalization. The Case of – Transformations of European scholars from India and New Zealand): Bangalore/India Expansion from the 15th to the 20th – Interactive CD-ROM: Temples of – Food Security of Urban and Peri- Century Jaipur Urban Systems in Developing – The militant Ra¯ma¯nandi-s of Jaipur Countries Tilman Frasch: – A Geography of Bathing. Social – The Emergence and Development of Barbara Lotz: Space and the Perception of Water in History Writing in Early Sri Lanka – Language Movements in Orissa: Banaras Emancipation and Interdependence – The Impact of Conflict on of National, Regional and Marginal Livelihood Security in the Eastern Department of Classical Languages and Literatures Province of Sri Lanka Indology Aditya Malik: Elvira Graner: Axel Michaels: – Multimedia Project on the oral epic – Migration and Sustainable – Contested Priesthood at the Pa´supati- Deu Na¯ra¯yan. (in co-operation with Development in Nepal Workers in na¯tha Temple in Deopatan (Nepal). IGNCA, Delhi) Kathmandu’s carpet manufactories – Editio princeps of the „Wright“ – Mapping Human Development in chronicle. Ulrike Stark: Nepal: a regional and gender-based – The price of impurity: The – Diffusing the printed word: The geography of education Dharma¯dhika¯rin in the legal tradition Newal Kishore Press of Lucknow of Nepal. and the promotion of vernacular lit- Markus Mayer: – Visualized Texts: Religious Maps of erature in Hindi and Urdu (1858- – Promotion of Appropriate Benares (with J. Gengnagel) 1895) Livelihoods Among Unemployed Rural Youth in Sri Lanka Johannes Beltz: Claus Peter Zoller: – Globalization, Regional Develo- – Philosophy and Religion of the – Linguistic Studies in Indus-Kohistan pment and Social Conflict in Mahima¯ Dharma in Orissa Southern Sri Lanka Christoph Emmrich: Department of Susanne van Dillen: – Addhan ka¯la khan. a samaya. International Economics – The ‘Spheres of Livelihood’: Temporal terms and expressions in Vulnerability, Livelihood Security the dogmatic passages of the Sutta- Oskar Gans: and Mobility in a South Indian pit.aka – The Role of Cooperatives in the Village. Transformation Process of Financial – Natural Disasters and Social Jörg Gengnagel: Systems: The Case of People’s Credit Vulnerability – Visualized Texts: Religious Maps of Funds in Vietnam Benares (with A. Michaels) Michael Köberlein: Dong Phuong Pham: – Solid Waste Management and Ute Hüsken: – The Role of Cooperatives in the Informal Sector. A Case Study from – The Sam. ska¯ras of the Vaikha¯nasa Transformation Process of Financial Delhi Priests of South India Systems: The Case of People’s Credit Funds in Vietnam. Martin Raithelhuber: Jaydev Jani: - – The Impact of Urbanization on Rural – Gun.asaurabha or Gun.asa¯garasuri Frithjof Kilp: Livelihoods in Nepal ´varacaritas – Natural Environment and – Ka¯lantra-ba¯la¯vabodha-vr. tti International Trade: New Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt: Implications for Trade Policy? – Land use and Land Use Change in Birgit Mayer-König: Northern Thailand – Mental Disposition as Criterion of Isabel Krüger: Initiation – An International Comparison of Federal Public Finance Systems Srilata Müller: (Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia). . – The Life and Works of Ra¯malinga Swa¯migal (1823-1874) SAI-REPORT 2001 Marco Veselka: Department of Political Karsten Frey, M. A.: – Financing of Industry: Bank Credit Science – Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia, vs. Capital Markets (International Security Policy in Asia. Comparison). Prof. Subrata K. Mitra: – Order and Anarchy in India after Evelin Hust, M. A.: Wolfgang-Peter Zingel: Independence; Elections and Social – Indian Politics, Social Movements, – Agricultural Transformation and Change in India; State, Region and Political Participation of Women in Economic Sustainability in a Identity. Orissa (doctoral thesis). Western Himalayan District (vide Academic Report 1998, p. 67). Prof. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema: Hendrick Lehmann, M. A.: – Assessment India: Sustainable – International Relations in South Asia. – Military History, Security Policy, Development, Climate and Maritime Security Policy in Asia. Environment together with Manfred Peter Lehr, M. A.: Kleemann (Research Centre Jülich) – Security Policies in the Asia Pacific Matthias Paukert, M. A.: and Susanne van Dillen Area and in the Indian Ocean Rim – Water Resources Management, Region, Transnational Crime. Conflict Research, International Relations. Mike Enskat, M. Sc.: – Policy Studies, Political Economy of Clemens Spieß, M. A.: Reform Processes, Energy Policy in – Parties and Party Systems in South India (doctoral thesis). Asia, Democratisation, Political Theory.

BRANCH OFFICES

Colombo Branch SAI and Sri Lankan Universities, mainly Dr. Gabriele Weichart from the Depart- related to the topics youth, development ment of Anthropology, University of Hei- Address: South Asia Institute, Universi- and conflict. Furthermore, the branch delberg, Germany, gave an introductory ty of Heidelberg, Colombo Office office organises presentations, seminars, presentation on „Female Victims and 29/15, Visaka Private Road, workshops and conferences on regional Heroes: Gender Perspectives on Conflict Colombo 04, Sri Lanka specific subjects and facilitates contacts and Violence”. With the objective to dis- Phone: 0094-1-595890 / 581585 between Sri Lankan and German cuss gender roles and images and their /596963 researchers. Through a DAAD co-opera- dynamics in times of (ethnic) conflict, Fax: 0094-74-514820 tion programme, academic exchange this workshop addressed junior lecturers Email: [email protected] between the SAI and Sri Lankan univer- and senior academics from both universities. sities with a particular focus on advance- The workshop also specifically looked at Representative: ment of younger scholars will be facili- instances where gender issues are relat- Christine Bigdon tated for a period of four years from June ed to accelerating conflict situations. 2001 onwards. The dissemination of joint Resource persons from local organisa- Objectives of the branch office research findings in the form of specific tions stimulated the working group dis- publications is another objective of the cussions, providing insights from their The South Asia Institute proposed the branch office. practical experiences with development opening of a third branch office located work in conflict areas. in Sri Lanka, which began operating in Activities This workshop has to be seen as part of the April 1999. The main focus of work of co-operation program with Sri Lankan the Colombo office is to mobilise and Workshop on Gender and Conflict (5th Universities aiming to encourage co-oper- provide expertise needed to address spe- March 2001) ation and academic exchange between cific development-related problems in Sri the University of Colombo and the East- Lanka, promoting a survey culture and Organised by South Asia Institute, Colom- ern University. empirical research on critical issues with bo branch office in collaboration with the which the country is confronted. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), the East- Colombo branch office initiates and facil- ern University, Batticaloa and the Uni- itates joint research projects between the versity of Colombo. SAI-REPORT 2001 Kathmandu Branch Information and Communication institutional links, coordinating field trav- Technology (ICT), and Social el, and collecting primary and secondary Address: Change research materials: (a) Memory, Agency, South Asia Institute of Heidelberg (January-April 2001): and Violence, (b) Visualized Space: Con- University structions of Locality and Cartographic Kathmandu Branch Office A series of lectures on ICT and Social Representation in Varanasi, (c) Contested Kimdole, P.O. Box 4379 Change including the topics ICT and Edu- Areas: Construction and Change of Socio- Kathmandu, Nepal cation, Politics in Global Civil Society Cultural Identities in Orissa, (d) The Mil- Phone/Fax: 00977-1-271 018 and ICT, and Knowledge Management itant Ramanandis of Jaipur: History and E-mail: [email protected] and ICT was presented at the University Present, (e) Schoolbooks and Grey Lit- of Colombo by Mr. Wolfram Zunzer from erature. These projects have been fund- Representative: the Technical University Berlin, Germany, ed by the German Research Council and Marianna Kropf visiting scholar at the Colombo University. the VW Foundation and involve the coor- The lecture series were facilitated by the dinated efforts of Historians of Religion, Research Activities in Nepal SAI, Colombo branch office in collaboration Anthropologists, Art-Historians, Indolo- with Prof. Hettige, Dean, Faculty of Arts. gists, Political Scientists, and Cultural All the researchers mentioned here are Geographers. affiliated with Tribhuvan University Kath- Internal and International Migration: The mandu (T.U.); to various degrees they are Case of Nepal (21st March 2001) III. Lectures, Seminars, Exhibitions collaborating with CNAS (Centre for A lecture by Dr. Elvira Graner from the On 19 November 2000 the branch office Nepal and Asian Studies, T.U.) and/or Department of Geography, South Asia organized a four day international con- with their corresponding T.U. departments Institute, University of Heidelberg, Ger- ference with the IGNCA on the trans- and scholars respectively. many, was held at the Department of Geog- mission of oral traditions. The seminar The Branch Office has been involved and raphy, University of Colombo, organised was attended by Anthropologists, Indol- supportive on various levels as required the by SAI, Colombo branch office. ogists, Sociologists, Folklore Experts and case. Art-Historians from Heidelberg and India, as well as by a large number of ritual prac- Department of Anthropology New Delhi Branch titioners from a variety religious tradi- Dr. Martin Gaenszle –ongoing research tions (Buddhist, Jain, Islamic, Zoroastri- projects on oral traditions/ethnicity Address: an, Christian, Hindu, Sikh) in South Asia. aspects in Nepal and resulting publi- 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg cations; Thesis published in English New Delhi - 110 001 Exhibition: translation by Mandala Book Point Phone: 0091-11-332 60 01 Between 12-25 March 2001 the branch Kathmandu February 2001. Fax: 0091-11-371 66 84 office organized a joint exhibition with Brigitte Merz – Ph.D. on „Goddess Email: [email protected] the IGNCA on early Indian „calendar art“ Harati and Newar Healers in the Kath- entitled „The oleographed Gods: Indian mandu Valley“ (field work mainly 1993- Representative: Gods in the age of industrial reproduc- 1996). Evelin Hust tion“. The seventy prints from the peri- Stefanie Lotter, M.A. (Department of od 1900-1947 displayed a variety of some Social Anthropology) – Ph.D. field- I. Office of the finest prints depicting mythologi- work 1998–1999 and 2000 on „Urban The work accomplished by the Branch cal, religious as well as pre-independence Elite’s in Kathmandu and their Claim Office in New Delhi continued to be organ- political themes painted by Raja Ravi Ver- of Power: The Case of Ranas“. ized around its main objectives, namely, ma and printed by his German collabo- Dr. Silke Wolf (affiliated to SAI) – from coordinating research projects of the South rator Fritz Schleicher. The exhibition was 1999 onwards fieldwork for her study Asia Institute in India, promoting and curated from the personal collection of on „Rural Theatre in Nepal“. strengthening academic partnerships with Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schel- individual scholars and institutions, admin- berger, an archaeologist and art-histori- Department of Geography istering the Baden-Wuerttemberg Fel- an from Vienna. Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Bohle – work- lowship, organizing collaborative semi- ing together with Prof. Blum (Bo- nars and lectures, procuring books, denkunde Wien) and Dr. Axel Mentler journals, and research materials for the (Bodenkunde Wien) on a comparative library in Heidelberg, and offering Indian study of the urban areas, Cairo and and German scholars assistance in bureau- Kathmandu; ongoing research projects. cratic procedures. Dr. Elvira Graner – ongoing fieldwork and research projects in Nepal related II. Current Projects to Migration to Carpet Manufactories, The following five research projects were education in Nepal, Labour markets; attended to in terms of handling bureau- several articles published. cratic procedures at the governmental lev- Dr. Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt – ongoing el, organizing workshops, establishing research projects in Nepal SAI-REPORT 2001

Martin Raithelhuber – Ph.D. fieldwork icle“ (ongoing). Human Resources for a Better Quality from September 1998 to August 1999 Marianna Kropf – Ph.D. research in of Life in South Asia”, October 14–17, on „Urbanisation and Rural Develop- Nepal since January 2000 on „Impact 2000, Dulikhel; organised by ment in Nepal: An Action-theoretical of Jyotisa and related rituals within CNAS/T.U. and Prof. Domroes, Uni- Analysis of the Urban impact on Rur- Newar Tradition“. versity of Mainz) – SAI Branch Office al Livelihoods“. involved in organisational work. Peter Ottinger – Ph.D. fieldwork Department of Political Sciences International Workshop in Wien on 1998–1999 on „The Impact of Land- Prof. Dr. Subrata K. Mitra – ongoing „Metropolitan Food Systems in Devel- slides on Agriculture and Forests in projects on democracy in South Asia. oping Countries“, November 15–18, Central Nepal“. Close collaboration with CNAS/T.U. 2000, organised by Prof. Blum (Wien) Henning Koch – Ph.D. fieldwork related scholars (mediated by SAI Ktm and Prof. Bohle (SAI) under the patron- 1998–1999 on „Micro-hydro-power Branch Office) for forthcoming pub- age of „International Council of Sci- in Nepal“. lication on history and present state of entific Unions“ (ICSU) – the SAI Frank Woll – Ph.D. fieldwork 1998 for selected political parties in South Asian Branch Office was involved in organ- Ph.D. on „Wild and cultivated banana countries. isational work. trees of Nepal“. Seminars, Conferences Monthly Colloquium Department of Classical Indology Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels – fieldwork The SAI Ktm Branch Office was involved Since September 2000 a monthly collo- 1999 in Nepal on „Contested Priest- in various ways in the organisation and quium for Ph.D. students from Nepal and hood at the Pashupati Temple“; criti- realisation of the following events: abroad is being organized by the SAI cal edition/translation of selected chap- Branch Office. ters of the Muluki Ain of 1854, editio International conference on “Sustain- princeps of the so-called „Wright Chron- able Management of Natural and SAI-REPORT 2001

LECTURES

Lectures 2000-2001 Images from the Andman Islands 17.05.2001 Die Göttinnen tanzen (Dr. Vishavajit Pandya, Wellington) lassen - Frauen, Besessenheit und 28.04.2000 Globalisation: From Agency in Südorissa (Dr. Beatrix 27.11.2000 Languages of India – Hegemony to Multipolarity Hauser, Hamburg) (Prof. Dr. Pascal Chaigneau, Paris) Issues and Perspectives (Prof. Dr. Anvita Abbi) 01.06.2001 From Mantras to Green 23.06.2000 The Work of non- Cards: Traditionalism and Governmental Organisations in the 28.11.2000 Is Hindi a Pan Indian Modernity among South Indian Political Arena (Dr. Nandini Azad, Language of India? Some Temple Priests (Prof. Dr. Chris Fuller, Duisburg) Observations (Prof. Dr. Anvita Abbi) London) 28.06.2000 Die Siddha-Medizin: 07.12.2000 The literature of the 05.06.2001 Menschenrechte in Traditionelle Heilkunde aus Tamil Hevajra-cycle, and the problem of - interkultureller Perspektive (Prof. Nadu (Dr. Petra Wehmeyer, Köln) the mulatantra (Dr. Harunaga Isaacson, Hamburg) Joseph Prabhu, Altadena) 06.07.2000 The Teamwork at the 05.06.2001 Empowering Visions of Top: Shaktivyuha and the 20.12.2000 Die Renovierung des - Nationality: On Videos and the Pañcara¯tra Cosmogony (Dr. Sanjukta Svayambhuna¯tha (Dr. Alexander von Hindu Right (1989-1992) (Dr. Gupta, Oxford) Rospatt, Leipzig) Christiane Brosius, Frankfurt) 07.07.2000 Der radikale Islam in 10./17./24./31.01.2001 und 07.02.2001 06.06.2001 Pagan-Bronzen – alt und Südasien: Konzept und Aktion eines Vortragsreihe im Rahmen der neu (Dr. Claudine Bautze-Picron, Paris) Massenphänomens (Dr. Dietrich Veranstaltung ‘Medizinethnologie’ (Dr. Katharina Kielmann, Heidelberg) Reetz, Berlin) 19.06.2001 The Household Production of Health in a Punjabi 07.07.2000 Buddhist 24.01.2001 Ink as Poison and the Village, Pakistan (Dr. Julia Katzan, Fundamentalism? Buddhist Evil of Writing (Dr. Fabrizia Frankfurt) Violence? The war in Sri Lanka Baldissera, Florenz) (Prof. Dr. Richard Gombrich, Oxford) 24.01.2001 Traditional 25.06.2001 Bürgertum und Säkularisation. Muslime im kolo- 07.07.2000 Die Spannungen zwischen Representation and Modern nialen Delhi (Dr. Margit Pernau, New Hindus und Christen in historischer, Perception: the Sundarbans (Dr. Delhi) kultureller und politischer Sutapa Sarkar, Frankfurt) Perspektive (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gita 01.02.2001 South Indian Indigeneous 26.06.2001 Stadtentwicklungsplan in Dharampal-Frick, Göttingen) Historiography, 15th-18th Century Nepal (Martina Liebermann, Kathmandu) 12.07.2000 Buddhistische Götter und (Dr. Narayan Rao, Berlin) Mantras in hinduistischen Tantras 01.02.2001 South Indian Indigeneous 03.07.2001 Brahmins, Ascetics and (Prof. Dr. Gudrun Bühnemann, Historiography, 15th-18th Century Emperors: A Contribution to the Wisconsin) (Dr. David Shulman, Berlin) Semantic History of Dharma (Prof. Patrick Olivelle, Wien) 19.07.2000 Der prägende Tempelstil 01.02.2001 South Indian Indigeneous der Gupta-Zeit (Dipl.Ing. Klaus Imig, Historiography, 15th-18th Century 04.07.2001 The Language of Hindi Waldenbuch) (Dr. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Berlin) Films: from Urdu-Hindi to Hinglish (Subash Gupta, Mumbai) 31.10.2000 „Das Eigene“ und „Das 12.02.2001 Ayurveda- Great Fremde“ in der Indienbegegnung Tradition, subaltern Present (M.A. 04.07.2001 Being an Orientalist in deutscher Schriftsteller (Prof. Dr. Stefan Eggs, London) Germany, 1800-1930 (Dr Suzanne Vridhagiri Ganeshan, Hyderabad) Marchand, Berlin) 23.04.2001 Problems of a Minority 13.11 2000 A Maritime Ethnography Party (TULF) in the War-affected 09.07.2001 Postmodernism and of South Asia, 15th – 18th Century Eastern Province of Sri Lanka (Prof. Issues of Representation in Feminist (Dr. Rila Mukherjee, Calcutta) Dr. C. Y. Thangarajah, Batticaloa) Geography (Prof. Saraswati Raju, New Delhi) 23.11.2000 The Portrayal of Muslim 02.05.2001 South Indian Bronzes (Dr. Culture in Modern Indian Cinema Ramachandran Nagaswamy, Chennai) 17.07.2001 An Appraisali of the (Dr. Tasleem Shakur, Preston) Concepts of Health and Disease in 11.05.2001 Rhetoric and Pain in a the Folk Cultures of Uttarakhand 27.11.2000 Ex-Primitives and Post Punjabi Performative Genre (M.A. Himalaya (Prof. A. P. Singh, Modernist Encounters: Jarwa Michael Nijhavan, Heidelberg) Uttaranchal) SAI-REPORT 2001

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Publications 2000-2001 mund, Delhi: Manohar, 2001:157-163, 8 Aspekte des Weiblichen in der Indischen full page col. plates. Kultur (Indica et Tibetica 31), Swisttal-Oden- Publications of the SAI dorf: Indica et Tibetica Verlag, 2000: 1-23. Beiträge zur Südasienforschung Sirohi-Malerei in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhun- Steiner Verlag Stuttgart derts, in: Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift, Mit- Südasien in kulturellen Globalisie- teilungen der Gesellschaft für Indo-Asi- rungsszenarien: Indien als Fallbeispiel, 188: Vom Herrscher zum Untertan. Span- atische Kunst, Band 4-5, Berlin: Dietrich in: Hans-Georg Bohle (Hg.), Südasien: nungsverhältnis zwischen lokaler Reimer (2000/2001) 56-71. Die Herausforderung des Globalisie- Herrschaftsstruktur und der Kolonial- rungsprozesses, 21. Baden-Württemberg- verwaltung in Malabar zu Beginn der Kolloquium, (Beiträge zur Südasien- britischen Herrschaft by Margret Frenz. - Clive Bell forschung, Südasien-Institut, Universität 2000. Heidelberg, Band 189), Stuttgart: Franz 189: Südasien: Die Herausforderung des Development Economics, in: A. Badran Steiner 2000: 84-92. Globalisierungsprozesses. 21. Baden- et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Life Support Württemberg-Kolloquium Universität Systems, Oxford: EOLSS Publishers, Whose Kabir?, in: Hindi: Language, Dis- Heidelberg by Hans-Georg Bohle (Hrg.). 2000. course, Writing, 1.1. (April-June 2000). - 2000. with K.C. Basu and P. Bose. Interlink- Religious dignitaries in the court protocol South Asian Studies age, Limited Liability and Strategic Inter- of Jaipur (mid-eighteenth to early nineteenth Manohar Publishers, New Delhi action, Journal of Economic Behavior century), in: H. Kulke - G. Berkemer - and Organization, 42, 445-462, 2000. T. Frasch - J. Lütt (eds.), Explorations in 34: Writers, Editors & Reformers - Social the History of South Asia. Essays in Hon- and Political Transformations of Maharashtra with P. Rousseau. Post-Independence our of Dietmar Rothermund, Delhi: / Edited by N.K. Wagle. - 1999. India: A case of Finance-Led Industrial- Manohar, 2001: 139-155. 35: Nobility under the Mughals by Fir- ization? Vanderbuilt University, 2000. dos Anwar. - 2001. The institutionalisation of the Militant ¯ 36: Explorations in the History of South Ra¯ma¯nandis in Jaipur (c. 1720-1800). Asia. Essays in Honour of Dietmar Rother- Johannes Beltz Paper presented at the conference ‘Asceti- mund / Edited by Georg Berkemer, Tilman cism and Power in the Asian Context’, Frasch, Hermann Kulke, Jürgen Lütt. - Mahar, Bouddhiste et Dalit. Conversion SOAS, London, 22-24 February 2001. 2001. religieuse et emancipation sociopolitique Forthcoming in: Flügel, Peter-Gustaaf 38: The Pandit: Traditional Scholarship dans l’Inde des castes. Bern: Peter Lang Houtman (ed.). Asceticism and Power in in India. Festschrift Parameswara Aithal (Studia Helvetica Religiosa, 5). 2001 the Asian Context. Richmond, Surrey, / Edited by Axel Michaels. - 2001. [2003]. Edited Volume, Reconstructing the World, South Asian Studies Ambedkar Buddhism in India. New Del- Charisma, transition of charisma and Orchid Press, Bangkok hi: Oxford University Press, 2001. canon in North Indian bhakti, in: V. Dalmia - Angelika Malinar - M. Christoph-Füch- 37: Pilgrim Tax and Temple Scandals. A Georg Berkemer/Tilman Frasch/Her- sle (eds.), Charisma and canon: Festschrift Ciritical Study of the important Jagan- mann Kulke/Jürgen Lütt (eds.), for Heinrich von Stietencron, Delhi: Sage, nath Temple Records during British Rule 2001. / Edited by Nancy Gardner Cassels. - 2000 Explorations in the History of South Asia. Essays in Honour of Dietmar Rother- A Pandit among Modernists and a Mod- mund, Delhi: Manohar, 2001. ernist among the Pandits, in: A. Michaels Joachim K. Bautze (ed.), The Pandit: Traditional Scholarship in India. New Delhi: Manohar, 2001, 155- Foreword, in: Wall Paintings of Rajasthan: Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (Monika 166. Amber and Jaipur by Rosa Maria Cimino. Horstmann) New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2001, xiii-xv. The Sati debate in the Rajputana Agency, Hans-Georg Bohle in: Jamal Malik (ed.), Perspectives of Iconographic Remarks on some Folios mutual encounters in South Asian histo- with H. Büttner, S. van Dillen, M. May- of the Oldest Ksemakarna Ragamala, in: ry, Leiden, Boston, Köln 2000: 79-92. er. Water Conflicts and Environmental H. Kulke - G. Berkemer - T. Frasch - J. Lütt Entitlements. Local-Level Experiences (eds.), Explorations in the History of South Die Sati-Debatte im Rajasthan des 19. from South Asia. in: IGU-Bulletin (50), 1 Asia. Essays in Honour of Dietmar Rother- Jahrhunderts, in: Ulrike Roesler (ed.), (2000) 39-46. SAI-REPORT 2001

dra Soni (Hrsg.). Vasantagauravan. Essays Martin Gaenszle (ed.) 21. Baden-Württemberg-Kolloqui- in Jainism Felicitating Professor M.D. um Universität Heidelberg. Südasien: Die Vasantha Raj of Mysore on the Occasion Origins and Migrations: Kinship, Mythol- Herausforderung des Globalisierung- of his Seventy-fifth Birthday, Mumbai: ogy and Ethnic Identity Among the Mewa- sprozesses. Stuttgart 2000. Vakils, 2001, 73-83. hang Rai. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point & The Mountain Institute, 2001. Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Unter- Harald Fischer-Tiné ernährung. Sind die ’Grenzen des Wach- Oskar Gans stums’ überschritten? in: Geographische The only hope for fallen India. The Gurukul Rundschau (53), 2 (2001) 18-24. Kangri as an Experiment in National Edu- Internationale Harmonisierung von Umwelt- cation (1902-1922), in: G. Berkemer et und Sozialstandards: Dürren, in: Plate, E.I., Merz, B. (eds.) al. (eds.), Explorations in the History of Legitimität und Effizienz, in: Südasien: Die Naturkatastrophen. Ursachen, Auswirkun- South Asia, Delhi: Manohar, 2001, 277- Herausforderung des Globalisierung- gen, Vorsorge. Stuttgart 2001, 190-207. 299. sprozesses (21. Baden-Württemberg-Kol- loquium). Hrsg.: H.G. Bohle. Stuttgart Kindly Elders of the Hindu Biradri. The 2000. Hannah Büttner Arya Samaj’s Struggle for Influence and its Effects on Hindu-Muslim Relations, Umwelt- und Sozialstandards: Eine offene With H.-G. Bohle, M. Mayer, S. van Dillen. in: Antony Copley (ed.), Gurus and their Flanke der Welthandelsordnung? In: Water Conflicts and Environmental Enti- Followers, Delhi: OUP, 2000. Währung und wirtschaftliche Entwick- tlements. Local-Level Experiences from lung (Festschrift für Vincenz Timmer- South Asia. in: IGU-Bulletin (50), 1 (2000) mann zum 65. Geburtstag). Hrsg.: E. 39-46. Tilman Frasch Scholing. Berlin 2000.

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Elvira Graner ta, 2000. With H.-G. Bohle, H. Büttner, S. Oliver Kopp van Dillen. Water Conflicts and Envi- Schulen in Nepal. Der steinige Weg zu ronmental Entitlements. Local-Level einer besseren Bildung, in: Südasien 20,9 Dynamic Incentives of Alternative Base- Experiences from South Asia. in: IGU- (2000) 54-59. line Methodologies in the Clean Devel- Bulletin (50), 1 (2000) 39-46. opment Mechanism, Working Paper, Uni- Labor Markets and Migration in Nepal, in: versity of Heidelberg, 2001. Life Opportunities and Youth Conflict in Mountain Research and Development 21 Sri Lanka. Challenges for Regional Devel- (2001) 253-259. opment Planning. in: Hettige, S.T. & May- Thomas Lehmann er, M. (eds.): Sri Lanka at Crossroads. Delhi & Calcutta, 2000, 156-168. Ute Hüsken The Tamil Marriage Ritual, in: New Kolam (SASP National University Singapore), Globalization, Regional Development and Nonnen in der frühen buddhistischen Vol. 8, (2000) (online journal). Social Conflict in Southern Sri Lanka. Ordensgemeinschaft, in: Aspekte des Weiblichen in der indischen Kultur, ed. (= Studien zur Geographischen Entwick- by U. Roesler (Indica et Tibetica 39), Peter Lehr lungsforschung). Saarbrücken, 2001. Swistal-Odendorf, 2000, 25-46. (In co-operation with Monika Schlich- The Legend of the Establishment of the er): ‘On the Broken Wings of Garuda: Axel Michaels Buddhist Order of Nuns in the Therava¯da Prospects for Democracy in Indonesia’, in Vinaya-Pit.aka, Journal of the Pali Text Lidija Basta Fleiner et al. (eds.): Rule of Ex opere operato: Zur Intentionalität pro- Society, Vol. XXVI (2000), 43-69. Law and Organisation of the State in Asia. missorischer Akte in Ritualen, in: K.P. The Multicultural Challenge. Basel, Genf, Köpping, Ursula Rao (eds.), Im Rausch des Pure or Clean? Traditional South Asian München: Helbing & Lichtenhahn 2000, Rituals. Gestaltung und Transformation der Medicine (formerly Journal of the Euro- 261-278. - Wirklichkeit in körperlicher Performanz. pean Ayurvedic Society) 6 (2001), 85-96. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 2000, 104-123.

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Wozu indologische Forschung in der (ed.) The Pandit: Traditional Scholarship Monika Krengel Gegenwart? Kulturwissenschaft als Kom- in India. Festschrift P. Aithal. New Delhi: munikation, in: Indien in der Gegenwart, Manohar, 2001 (South Asian Studies; 38). The Symbolism of Marriage Prestations, Band V, Nr. 1-2 (2000) 63-79. in: C.W. Brown, A.C. Fanger & M.P. Joshi Traditional Sanskrit Learning in Con- (Eds.) Himalaya: Past and Present. ASH, Review of: Hindu Festivals in an North Indi- temporary India, in: A. Michaels (ed.) Publication Series No. 5, Vol. IV. Almo- an Village, Stanley Freed and Ruth Freed. The Pandit: Traditional Scholarship in ra/UP: Shree Almora Book-Depot, 2000, Seattle: American Museum of Natural India. New Delhi: Manohar, 2001, 3-16. 1-22. History, 1998, in: Anthropos (Sept. 2000). The Pandit as a Legal Adviser: Ra¯jguru, Uzbekistan in Transition - Changing Con- ra¯jpurohita and dharma¯dhika¯rin, in: A. cepts of Family Planning and Reproduc- Markus Mayer Michaels (ed.) The Pandit: Traditional tive Health. in: A. Russell, E. Sobo & M. Scholarship in India. New Delhi: Manohar, Thompson (Eds.) Contraception across with S.T. Hettige (eds.) Sri Lanka at Cross- 2001, 61-78. Cultures. Technologies, Choices, Con- roads. Dilemmas and Prospects After 50 straints. New York: Berg Publishers, 2000, Years of Independence. Delhi & Calcut- 199-220. (with K. Greifeld). SAI-REPORT 2001

Subrata K. Mitra burn (eds.), New Literary Histories for Anna Schmid Nineteenth Century India, 2001. (co-editor and three contributions) Rule of Music of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Law and Organisation of the State in Asia. Das exemplarische Leben einer sharif in: Alison Arnold (Ed.) Garland Ency- The Multicultural Challenge, 2000 (Bale Muslimin: die Fasana-I Nadir Jahan, forth- clopedia of World Music. Vol. 5: South et al.: Publications of the Institute of Fed- coming in: Festschrift für Helmut Nespi- Asia. New York: Garland Publisher, 2000, eralism, Fribourg, Helbing and Lichten- tal. 792-801. hahn). Hindi-German Dictionary (co-author), Minority strategies to water access: the The discourse vanishes: revolution and forthcoming in 2002. Dom in Hunza, Northern Areas, Pakistan. resilience in Indian politics, review arti- in: Hermann Kreutzmann (Ed.) Sharing cle, in: Contemporary South Asia 9(3) Water: Irrigation and Water Management (2000): 355-365. Dietmar Rothermund in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalayas. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000, ‘Democracy, Party System and Civil Soci- The Role of the State in South Asia and Oth- 116-131. ety in India’, in: G. Berkemer et al. (eds.) er Essays, Delhi: Manohar 2000. Explorations in the History of South Asia, Truck Art as Arena of Contest. Journal 2001 (Delhi: Manohar). Delhi, 15 agosto 1947. La fine del colo- of Social Sciences. Special Issue: Asian nialismo, Bologna: Il Mulino 2000. World Views: Context and Structure, 4/4, ‘Making Local Government Work: Local 2000, 235-241. Elites, Panchayati Raj and Governance’ Mahatma Gandhi – Charisma als Erfahrung in India, in: und Eigenschaft, in: Wilfried Nippel (ed.), Verspielte Räume: Migranten und ihr Virtuosen der Macht. Herrschaft und Sport in Deutschland. Praxis Geographie Atul Kohli, The Success of India’s Democ- Charisma von Perikles bis Mao, München: 31/2, 2001, 26-30. racy, Cambridge University Press, 2001, Beck 2000, 192-206. 103-126 Lord Jagannatha in Pictorial Represen- Asien 1929-1999: Von der Weltwirtschaft- tations: Collections of Cloth paintings ‘The Nation, State and the Federal Process’ skrise zur Globalisierung, in: Günter Schuch- (pata citras) from Orissa. in: H. Kulke & in India, in: Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt, er (ed.), Asien unter Globalisierungsdruck. B. Schnepel (Eds.) Jagannath Revisited: Federalism and Political Performance, Politische Kulturen zwischen Tradition Studying Society, Religion and the State Routledge, 2000, 40-57 und Moderne, Hamburg: Institut für in Orissa. Delhi: Manohar, 2001. Asienkunde, 2000, 17-28 (=Mitteilungen ‘From Divergence to Convergence and des Instituts für Asienkunde 323). Back Again: Some Structural Constraints Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt on Stability in India-Pakistan Relations’ Chandrababu Naidu: Vom „Königsmacher“ in: IPRI JOURNAL, Islamabad Policy zum Hoffnungsträger, in: Werner Draguhn Indigenous agroforestry systems in Nepal. Research Institute, 2001, 53-75 (ed.), Indien 2000. Politik, Wirtschaft, in: Thapa, R.P., Baaden, J. (eds.): Nepal: Gesellschaft, Hamburg: Institut für Myth and reality, 66-81. Delhi 2000. Asienkunde, 2000, 33-43. Srilata Müller Indigenous knowledge and the use of fal- Unsere Zukunft mit Asien: Perspektiven low forests in Northern Thailand. in: „Antiquity and Sacred Writing: Tamil Lit- deutscher Politik, Das Parlament, (Som- Lawrence, A. (ed.): Forestry, forest users erary Histories in the late-19th early 20th mer 2000). and research: new ways of learning, 167- centuries“, in: Kolam Internet Magazine. 176. ETFRN - European Tropical Forest 2000. Cologne: University of Cologne. Research Network. Wageningen, Nether- William Sax lands 2000. The Tattvaviveka of Pillai Lokacharya with a Preface by Srilata Raman Müller. In Karna’s Realm: an ontology of action. CD-Rom Version. Reutlingen: Anthos Journal of Indian Philosophy 28. (3) Nepal im Kaliyuga, in: Südasien 21 (2001), Imprint, 2000. (2000): 295-324. 49-51.

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Mona Schrempf Wolfgang-Peter Zingel Towards a new Hindu woman: educa- Victory banners, social prestige and reli- tional ideals and role models in the with Jagdish P. Bhati: Himachal Pradesh: gious identity - ritualized sponsorship and Va¯ma¯manrañjan, a nineteenth century Transformation eines indischen Himalayas- the revival of Bon monasticism in A-mdo Hindi textbook for girls, forthcoming in: taates. Forthcoming in: Werner Draguhn Shar-khog, in S.G. Karmay and Y. Nagano Ulrike Roesler (ed.), Aspects of the female (Hrsg.): Indien 2001. Hamburg: Institut für (eds), New Horizons in Bon Studies (Osa- in Indian culture, 2001. Asienkunde, 2001. ka, National Museum of Ethnology), 2000, 317-358. Lucknows Jalsa-i Tahzi-b: Urbane Elite, German Development Co-operation in organisierte Handlungskompetenz und South Asia, Bangladesh, Bangladesh in Ratana – a Maori Christian Prophet, Heal- frühe ‘associational culture’ in British particular: Politico-Economic and His- er and Political Leader. Victoria Univer- Indien, forthcoming in: Harald Fischer-Tiné torical Analysis, Current Status and sity of Wellington 2001, in cooperation (ed.), Handeln und Verhandeln: Indigene Prospects, in: A.K. M. Abdus Sabhur: with Jonette Crysell (26 min.) Handlungskompetenz in der Auseinan- Development Co-operation at the Dawn dersetzung mit Europa. of the Twenty-First Century: Bangladesh- Ethnographic videos filmed during field- German Partnership in Perspective. Dha- work in 1995, 1996, edited for teaching pur- In search of the missing self: the hero as ka: Bangladesh Institute of Strategic Stud- poses at Victoria University of Welling- failure and the writer’s self-reflexive quest ies, 2000, 15-20. ton, 2000 (15 min. each): Gutor Rituals at in Manzur Ahtesham’s Da¯sta¯n-e la¯pata¯ Tibetan New Year, Tibetan Ritual Dances (1995), fortcoming in: D. W. Lönne (ed.), Comments on Bibek Debroy’s paper, in: in Different Modern Context, Pilgrimage Festschrift für Helmut Nespital. Jean-Jacques Dethier (ed.): Governance, around the Holy Shadur Mountain. Decentralization and Reform in China, Of Saintliness and Sex: The Aged Pro- India and Russia. Boston: Kluwer 2000, tagonist in Shrilal Shukla’s Bisra¯mpur ka¯ 369-372. Ulrike Stark sant (1998), forthcoming in: Theo Dam- steegt and Alain Desoulières (eds.), The Pakistan: Militärherrschaft ohne Ende? Hindi publishing in the heart of an Indo- Protagonist in Modern South Asian Nar- In: Joachim Betz, Stefan Brüne (Hrsg.): Persian cultural metropolis: Lucknow´s ratives. Jahrbuch Dritte Welt 2001. Becksche Rei- Newal Kishore Press (1858-1895), forth- he 1384. München: C.H. Beck, 2001, 116- coming in: V. Dalmia/Stuart Blackburn Ansgar Wohlschlegel 130. (eds.), New literary histories for nineteenth century India, 2001. Bankruptcy Law and Financial Structure: The Impact of Managerial Incentives, Working Paper, University of Heidelberg, 2000. SAI-REPORT 2001

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New Reading Room and Information Centre

The library of the South Asia Institute has 2001. Before that tons of concrete were a new, long awaited reading room, which removed, a new staircase was built, kilo- provides visitors, students and scholars metres of electric wire had to be laid and with a comfortable place for their stud- buckets of wall paint were used, carpets ies. were fitted, new shelves were set up, and 2.000 meters of books had to be moved. While the library experienced great alter- ations and extensions from June 2000 to July 2001, access to the stacks was greatly restricted. Free access to approximately 90 per cent of the 240,000 volumes (books, journals, videos, microforms) was made possible again after the re-opening in July

The entrance-area was moved from the lower floor to the ground floor and was equipped with a new lending desk.

The information centre: Four multimedia computers allow access to a wide range of important electronic resources; the new journals and new acquisitions exhibition give a quick overview of our last treasures.

Approximately 18,000 volumes of the most important reference material, including the major journals, are now available in the spacious reading-room. Three computers give access to the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of the Heidelberg University Library, where approximately half of the material of the South Asia Institute is catalogued, to numerous databases, electronic journals and other electronic resources. Three other computers allow word-processing and access to the Inter- net. The card-catalogue was moved to the lower floors, where the new staircase connects the former stocks area to the new one.