• Amar Chitra Katha and the construction of Indian identities

• Sacred objects and the making of history: relics in the Sikh tradition

• Gender equality litigation in India: patterns and potentials

• Contemporary commodification of a saint

2002-03

• The three lives of a woman saint

• Academic study of religion in Indian universities

• Sainthood in three Indian religious traditions

• India’s IT explosion: economic engine or digital divider

• Regionalism and nationalism in modern Maharashtra

• Islamic literary tradition in Javanese and Tamil

• Brahma Kumaris and globalisation

2003-04

• Religion and politics, comparative religious ethics

• Women, Religions and Sanskrit in Maharashtra and beyond

• The past and present paths of Rama and Buddha

• Brahmin Authority and patronage in ancient India

• Work and thought of Syed Ahmad Khan