Kala is the Associate Dean for Research and Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, University of Madras, India. She is also the Initiator/Director of Cultural Dynamics and Emotions Network, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K...
Kala is the Associate Dean for Research and Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, University of Madras, India. She is also the Initiator/Director of Cultural Dynamics and Emotions Network, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K. Her principal research interests include religion, rituals, diaspora, community studies, material and visual culture. Her research has been sponsored by Charles Wallace India Trust, London in 2007 and Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and International Council for Canadian Studies in 2008. She received an award for international scholars from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in the U.S. in 2006 to present a paper on the Nagarathars at SSSR’s Annual Conference. Her documentary film 'Little Traditions of Tamilnadu' was screened at Rice University and University of Houston, in 2005 and in Queen's University Belfast, in 2006 accompanied by lectures on ‘Sidewalk Hinduism’. She has scripted and directed a documentary film and authored a book “Return of the Rituals: Rites of Passage of Nagarathar Children” in 2009. One of her recent articles is “The Social Function of Religion: A Case of the Nattukottai Chettiars” in International Research Journal of Social Sciences, 2008, Vol. 1, No. 2, July/Dec, p 65-75.
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