Books and Articles
BOOKS:
- 1. Sufi Rituals and Practices: Experiences from South Asia 1200-1450, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024
- 2. Imagining Asia(s): Networks, Actors, Sites, (Co-edited with Andrea Acri, Sraman Mukherjee and Murari Jha), ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, 2019
- 3. Exploring the Global South: Voices, Ideas, Histories, (Co-edited with Samita Sen), Kolkata, 2013
ARTICLES In JOURNALS:
- 1. [In Bengali] Bharater Madhyajugey Dharmiya Parichay, Nispolok, Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, July-December 2023
- 2. Creating Space for Piety and Dialogue: North American Sufi Devotionalism, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Volume 57, Number 2, Spring 2022
- 3. Esoteric Songs of Hason Raja, Journal of Islamic History and Culture of India, Volume 4, 2015
- 4. Vestige of a Dying Tradition: Tuhfat ul-Muwahhidin in Nineteenth Century Bengal, Studia Iranica, Volume 44, Issue 1, 2015
- 5. Sound of Sama: The Use of Poetical Imagery in South Asian Sufi Music, Comparative Islamic Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, 2009
- 6. Gleanings in Spirituality in the Poetics of Jalaluddin Rumi, Philosophy and Progress, University of Dhaka, Volume XLIII-XLIV, 2008
ARTICLES In EDITED VOLUMES:
- 1. “Absence of Evidence or Evidence of Absence: Glimpses on Same-Sex Relation from Islamic Contexts” in Naba Gopal Roy, et al. (eds.), Samakamita: Ekti Adhyayan, Karulipi, Kolkata, 2023
- 2. “Dara Shukoh (1615-1659), in S.R. Bhatt & Neerja Arun Gupta (eds.), The Panorama of Indian Philosophers and Thinkers, Encyclopedic Collection, Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Bhopal, 2023
- 3. “Locating the Early Modern in South Asian Sufism”, in Meena Bhargava & Pratyay Nath (eds.), The Early Modern in South Asia: Querying Modernity, Periodization, and History, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2022
- 4. “Manifestations of Sufism in Medieval Bengal”, in A.K.M. Shahnawaz (ed.), Aitihasik Abdul Karim: Jibon o Karma, Itihas Academy, Dhaka, 2022
- 5. “Cultural Pluralism in the Devotional Songs of Hason Raja”, in Kazi Sufior Rahaman (ed.), Dimensions of Islamic Spirituality in South Asia and Beyond, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2022
- 6. [In Bengali] “Madhyajugiya Bharatey Islam: Dharma, Samaj, Rajneeti”, in Pratyay Nath & Kaustubh Mani Sengupta (eds.), Itihasher Bitarko Bitarker Itihash: Atit er Bharat o Ajker Gabeshana, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 2022
- 7. “Time is in the Moment (waqt) and also in Eternity (dahr): Reflections from Sufi Islam”, in Shonaleeka Kaul (ed.), Retelling Time: Alternative Temporalities from Premodern South Asia, Routledge, London, 2022
- 8. “Sadat: Awadh (1144-1274/ 1732-1858)”, in Khurram Qadir (ed.), Islamic History and Civilization: South Asia, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2020
- 9. “The Mughals and Sufism”, in Lloyd Ridgeon (ed.), Routledge Handbook on Sufism, Routledge, London, 2020
- 10. “The Politics of Pilgrimage: Reception of Hajj among South Asian Muslims”, in Kashshaf Ghani, Andrea Acri, Sraman Mukherjee and Murari Jha (eds.), Imagining Asia(s): Networks, Actors, Sites, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, 2019.
- 11. “Ties in Troubled Times: Travel and Transregionalism in India-Ottoman Relations”, in Kinsghuk Chatterjee (ed.), Contours of Relationship: India and the Middle East, Knowledge World Publishers, New Delhi, 2017; Routledge, London, 2019.
- 12. “The Vernacular Tradition and Islam in Bengal”, in Prasanta Mandal and Anjona Chattopadhyay (eds.), Murmurs of History: Essays in Honour of Professor Ranjit Sen, Progressive Publishers, Kolkata, 2018.
- 13. “Seeking a Sufi Heritage in the Deccan: Shrines, Sama and Succession”, in Anjana Sharma (ed.), Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decoding Cultural Heritage, ISEAS Publications, Singapore, 2018.
- 14. “Exploring Dimensions of Medieval Deccan as Revealed through Manuscripts”, in Zareena Parveen (ed.), History of Medieval Deccan as Reflected in Arabic and Persian Manuscripts, National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi, 2017.
- 15. “Medieval Indian Political Thought: Key Ideas”, in Lopamudra Sengupta (ed.), Indian Political Thought and its Contemporary Relevance, Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, 2016
- 16. “Ziauddin Barani (1288-1357)”, in Lopamudra Sengupta (ed.), Indian Political Thought and its Contemporary Relevance, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2016
- 17. “Mystical Tradition and Voices of Dissent: Experiences from Bengal”, in Lloyd Ridgeon (ed.), Sufism and Salafism, Bloomsbury, London, 2015
- 18. “Succeeding the Master: Locating Chishtia Sufis in the Political and Social Environs of Peninsular India”, in N. Chandramouli (ed.), Religion and Society in Peninsular India (6th-16th Centuries CE), Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2015
- 19. “In Quest for the Unbound: Sufi Ritual as Sacred and Secular”, in Kurian Kachappilly (ed.), Mystic Musings in Religions, Christian World Imprints, New Delhi, 2013
- 20. [In Bengali] Contributor and Member of Editorial Board – Ateet o Aitijhya (Past and Heritage), History Textbook for Class VII, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, 2012
- 21. [In Bengali] “Bharatiya Upomahadesher Patabhumikay Sufibader Kramabikash”, in Samir Kumar Patra, Shekhar Bhowmick & Arindam Chakraborty (eds.), Itihascharcha: Sampratik Prabanata (Research on History: Recent Trends), Department of History, Mahishadal Raj College, 2011
ARTICLES In CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS:
- 1. “The Changing Face of Sufism in South Asia”, Course Work on Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Promotion and Public Liaison Techniques, ICCR, Kolkata, 2022
- 2. “Converging Networks of Piety: Sufi Traditions and Practices from Aurangabad”, in Conference Volume on Histories of Interactions, Connections and Subjectivities in Aurangabad Region, Aurangabad History Society & Chishtiya Arts College, Aurangabad, 2015
PERSO-INDICA: [ISSN 2267-2753]
- 1. Ram Mohan Roy, Tuhfat ul Muwahhidin, (Full Entry), Forthcoming
- 2. Mathuranatha Sukla, Samskrta Ratnakara, (Preliminary Entry), 2013, http://perso-indica.net/work.faces?idsec=19&idw=74
- 3. Mathuranatha Sukla, Sanskrit Persian Primer, (Preliminary Entry), 2013, http://perso-indica.net/work.faces?idsec=19&idw=75
- 4. Ram Mohan Roy, Tuhfat ul Muwahhidin, (Preliminary Entry), 2013, http://perso-indica.net/work.faces?idw=40
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:
- 1. “Khuldabad”, Encyclopedia Iranica, 2021
- 2. “Dara Shukoh”, Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers, 2020
- 3. “Tomb Complexes in Khuldabad”, Sahapedia, 2016
MAGAZINES:
- 1. [In Bengali] Koran o Nari, Srijan-Charcha, 2, 2023
- 2. The Ancient Port of Tamralipti: India’s Window to the Bay and Beyond, Purvodaya, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-February 2023
- 3. Temples as Icons of India’s Heritage, Purvodaya, Vol. 1, No. 6, September-October 2022
- 4. Where Knowledge meets the Seeker: Nalanda University, SEPHIS e-Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 1-2, 2014
- 5. Imperialism and the World Order, Bangladesh Defence Journal, Issue 10, January 2009
- 6. Messenger of God-Apostle of Peace, Radiance Viewsweekly, Vol. XLIV, No. 41, 2007
- 7. Labour Legislations across South Countries, SEPHIS e-Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007
- 8. Ethics of Family Life, Radiance Viewsweekly, Vol. XLIV, No. 24, 2006
- 9. Caught on the Wrong Side, Radiance Viewsweekly, Vol. XLIV, No. 14, 2006
- 10. Forgotten Histories-Mistaken Identities, Radiance Viewsweekly, Vol. XLIV, No.10, 2006
- 11. Islam Today, SEPHIS e-Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2006
- 12. Identities and Pasts: The Bengali Muslims, Presidency College Annual Magazine, 2002
BOOK REVIEWS:
- 1. “Lighting Up Creation through the Creation of Light”, review of Thibaut d’Hubert, Meaningful Rituals: Persian, Arabic, and Bengali in the Nūrnāma Tradition of Eastern Bengal, Primus Books, Delhi, 2022, pp. 183, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 59, No. 18, May 4, 2024.
- 2. “Scrolling Down for More: Junaydis in the Deccan”, review of Suleman Siddiqi, The Junaydi Sufis of the Deccan: Discovery of a Seventeenth Century Scroll, Primus Books, Delhi, 2014, pp. 294, Deccan Studies, Vol. XIV, No. 1, 2016
- 3. “In the Footsteps of Mystics”, review of Muzaffar Ali (ed.), A Leaf Turns Yellow: The Sufis of Awadh, Bloomsbury Publishing India, New Delhi, 2013, pp. 276, SEPHIS e-Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2013