Introductory Day

3:00-3:05PM Welcoming Remarks: Omar Khalidi, MIT

3:05-3:10PM Remarks by Dr. Robert M. Randolph, MIT Chaplain

3:10-3:15PM Introduction of the workshop: Balakrishnan Rajagopal, MIT

3:15-3:20PM Introduction of the keynote speaker: Bish Sanyal, MIT

3:20-4:05PM Keynote Address: “Forms of Collective and State Violence in South Asia,”
Prof. Paul Brass, University of Washington

Session 1: Secularism and the State: Changing Contours

Chair & Discussant: Ornit Shani, University of Haifa

9:00-9:15AM “Secular Subjects: Refugees, Minorities and the Citizenship Act of 1955,”
Haimanti Roy, MIT

9:15-9:30AM “Normalizing Violence in and Through the Legal Discourse of Secularism,”
Ratna Kapoor,CFLR, New Delhi

9:30-9:45AM “Multiplex Secularism,” Srirupa Roy, UMass-Amherst

9:45-10:15AM Discussion, Q&A

10:15-10:30AM Coffee break

Session 2: State Performance during Group Violence: Case Studies

Chair and Discussant: Bish Sanyal, MIT

10:30-10:45AM “Caste & Violence: A Study of Atrocities on Dalits,” Chinnaiah Jangam,
Wagner College, New York

10:45-11:00AM “Kandhamal, Orissa, 2008: Hindu Majoritarian State and its “Others,”
Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies

11:00-11:15AM “Ahimsa, Identification, and Sacrifice in the Gujarat Pogrom, 2002,”
Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi,Rutgers University, NJ

11:15-11:30AM “State Failure and Governance: A Rethinking,” B. Rajagopal, MIT

11:30-12:00AM Discussion, Q & A

Session 3: Countering Violence: Assessing Police Performance

Chair and Discussant: R.K. Raghavan

12:00-12:15AM “Dynamics of Security Sector Performance,” Omar Khalidi, MIT

12:15-12:30PM “Police Performance: An Insider’s Experiences,”
R.K. Raghavan, former Director CBI and IPS, Retd.

“Assessing the Role of Police in Containing Mob Violence,” Arvind Verma, Indiana University

12:30-12:45PM Discussion, Q & A

12:45-2:00PM Lunch break

Session 4: Bringing Violence Perpetrators to Justice: Experience and Prospects

Chair and Discussant: Balakrishnan Rajagopal, MIT

2:00-2:15PM Delhi: Manoj Mitta, Senior Editor, The Times of India

2:15- 2:30PM Gujarat: Mukul Sinha, Attorney, and Nirjhari Sinha, Ahmadabad

2:30-2:45PM Andhra: Shafeeq Mahajir, Attorney, Hyderabad

2:45-3:15PM Discussion, Q & A

Session 5: Terrorism and the challenge to secularism and rule of law

Chair and Discussant: Omar Khalidi, MIT

3:20-3:35PM “Terrorism and the challenge of advocacy for Human Rights”
Meenakshi Ganguly,Human Rights Watch, Mumbai

3:50-4:05PM “Terrorism and the Media Reportage,” Manoj Mitta, Senior Editor The Times of India

4:05-4:35PM Discussion, Q&A

4:35-4:45PM Concluding Remarks: Omar Khalidi, MIT