Yvette Rosser

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Yvette Rosser

Yvette Claire Rosser (born January 31, 1952 ) is an American author and scholar who adheres to Hinduism and seeks to spread this teaching in the West. She is also known as Ram Rani .

biography

Rosser first traveled to India in 1970 where she met her guru Neem Karoli Baba . This gave her the advice to get further education and then to teach Hinduism in the West. She then studied Asian studies at the University of Texas in Austin , where she completed her master's degree . Her master's thesis dealt with India's position in the social sciences and how Hinduism is treated there. 2003 doctorate it with the dissertation curriculum as Destiny: Forging National Identity in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh , an overview of the historiography in South Asia.

Rosser was instrumental in initiating the “ International Day Without Violence ”, which has always been celebrated on April 4th since 1996. She is also a co-founder of the GM Syed Memorial Committee., A committee dedicated to the teachings of GM Syed and thus Sindhudesh .

Rosser is a committee member of the Baacha Khan Research Center in Baacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar and is the founder of Badshah Khan Peace Initiative (BKPI) that the doctrine of Abdul Ghaffar Khan ordered.

Works (selection)

Books

  • Curriculum as Destiny: Forging National Identity in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh . University of Texas at Austin, 2003 ( PDF, online - dissertation).
  • Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks . Rupa & Co., New Delhi 2003, ISBN 81-291-0221-8 .
  • Indoctrinating Minds: Politics of Education in Bangladesh . Rupa & Co., New Delhi 2004, ISBN 81-291-0431-8 .
  • Mukti Bahini to Jihad: The Evolution of Historiography in Bangladesh . Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India.

items

  • Pervasive Pedagogical Paradigms . In: SAGAR (South Asian Graduate Research Journal) . 3, No. 1, Spring 1996.
  • Sindh Memories (Sindhi) . In: Daily Sindh , October 1997. 
  • Hegemony and Historiography: Politics of Pedagogy . In: Asian Review . , Dhaka, Bangladesh1999.
  • TS Rukmani: Hindu Diaspora: Global Perspectives . Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 1999, ISBN 0-88947-338-2 , Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System on Hindu Identity Formation ( online ).
  • Be Indian, buy Indian . In: The Hindu , October 1, 2000. 
  • The Clandestine Curriculum: The Temple of Doom in the Classroom . In: Association of Asian Studies (Ed.): Education About Asia . 6, No. 3, winter 2001.
  • Are the Taliban Coming? . In: The Friday Times , March 13, 2001. 
  • Pakistani Perspectives of India . In: MANUSHI: A Journal About Women and Society . , New Delhi July 2001.
  • Internationalizing Teacher Education: Preparedness to Teach About India . In: Project South Asia at Missouri Southern State College (Ed.): Teaching South Asia . Fall 2001, ISSN  1529-8558 .
  • Santosh Saha: Religious Fundamentalism in the Contemporary World: Critical Social and Political Issues . Lexington Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7391-0760-7 , Contesting Historiographies in South Asia: The Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks.
  • Cognitive Dissonance in Pakistan Studies Textbooks: Educational Practices of an Islamic State . In: Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law . 1, No. 2, June 2005, ISSN  1742-4941 .
  • Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes . Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad 2006, ISBN 978-969-8784-40-9 , Cognitive Dissonance: Confusing Discourse in Pakistani Studies Textbooks.
  • Infinity Foundation (Ed.): Invading the Sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America . Rupa, New Delhi 2007, pp. XXI ( voiceofdharma.org [PDF]).
    • The Children of Colonial Psychoanalysis , pp. 132-145
    • Kripal on the Couch in Calcutta , pp. 152-168
    • University of Chicago Magazine: Obscuring the Issues pp. 378-396

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lavina Melwani: Oh, For a Fair View of Hinduism… In: Hinduism Today . (April – June), 2004, pp. 18-20 .
  2. ↑ Ramesh N. Rao: IDRF, let the facts speak . Friends of India, 2003, p. 30 .
  3. ^ Yvette Claire Rosser: Curriculum as Destiny: Forging National Identity in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh . 2003, p. iv .
  4. ↑ Mahatma Gandhi Peace Walk in Texas: The International Week Without Violence , April 2-7, 2001. InfinityFoundation.com, accessed October 30, 2012 .
  5. ^ GM Syed Memorial Committee. (No longer available online.) In: Sindhudesh.com. World Sindhi Congress, archived from the original on April 27, 2013 ; Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
  6. ^ Structure. Baacha Khan Research Center, accessed August 21, 2015 .
  7. ^ Infinity Foundation (Ed.): Invading the Sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in America . Rupa, New Delhi 2007, pp. XXI ( PDF, online ).
personal data
SURNAME Rosser, Yvette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosser, Yvette Claire (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1952