IndiaFacts presents:
SITARAM GOEL CENTENARY CONFERENCE
16th - 17th October | 9.30 AM - 6 PM IST
Opening session on the life and significance of Sri SR Goel | 9.30 to 11.00 am
1. Koenraad Elst: Intro situating SR Goel’s work
2. Harish Chandra: SR Goel as I knew him
3. Shrikant Talageri: My memories of SR Goel
Session 2 on the literary aspect | 11.00am to 1.00pm
1. Dileep Karanth: SR Goel as a novelist
2. Saradindu Mukherji: SR Goel and the Bengali writers Rabindranath Tagore and SC Chatterjee
Session 3 on Ram Swarup, 2 pm to 4 pm
1. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman: Ram Swarup’s view of God and neighbour in the light of the Mosaic
distinction
2. Koenraad Elst: The Changers’ Club’s first publication: Ram Swarup’s *Indictment* (of the
Quit India leadership)
Session 4 on the challenge of Christianity, 4pm to 6 pm
Marc Joris: A second look at SR Goel's account of colonial Christianity, Mahatma Gandhi and Hindu strategic shortcomings
Pankaj Saxena: Does secularization lead to christianization?
Sunday 17 October 2021
Session 5 on intra-Hindu controversies | 9.30 to 11.00 am
1. Shankar Sharan: SR Goel and the Sangh
2. Ranbir Sekhon: Voice of India in practice: Hindu Human Rights
Session 6 on the challenge of Islam | 11.00am to 1.00pm
1. Jijith Nadumuri Ravi: SR Goel on the backdrop of the Moplah riots
2. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman: Sita Ram Goel’s Conclusions on Iconoclasm and Theology in the Context of Non-Indian history
Koenraad Elst: In conclusion | 1.00pm to 1.30pm
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