Meera Nanda Writer
Meera Nanda (born 1954) is an Indian writer, historian and philosopher of science with a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005–2007). In January 2009, she was a Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study, in the Jawaharlal Nehru University for research in Science, Post-Modernism and Culture. Currently, she is a visiting faculty of history and philosophy of science at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali.She has authored several works on religion, most notably Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in India (2004), and her 2009 book The God Market which examines how India is experiencing a rising tide of popular Hinduism, including Government of India financing of Hinduism despite the nation's secular characteristic. The book was also reviewed by William Dalrymple in Outlook Magazine.
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Birth date | January 01, 1954 |
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- http://books.google.co.in/books?id=h3mUi5Uan_UC&pg=PA42&dq=Meera+Nanda+writer&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
- http://nirmukta.com/2010/01/21/review-the-god-market-how-globalization-is-making-india-more-hindu-by-meera-nanda
- http://www.flonnet.com/fl2301/stories/20060127003309700.htm
- http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2026/stories/20040102000607800.htm
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2219/stories/20050923002109200.htm
- http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?220622