Vineet Gairola, Publications

            Publications

Journal Articles

1. Gairola, V., & Ranganathan, S. (2025). The Rhythms of Tradition: Understanding Ḍhol Sāgar and Drumming Knowledge in Garhwal Himalaya, North India. Journal of Dharma Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-025-00208-0 

2. Gairola, V. & Ranganathan, S. (2024). Linking body, memory, and divine embodiment: Two cases of ritual healers from Garhwal Himalaya. Journal of Dharma Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-024-00194-9 

3. Gairola, V. (2024). Beyond dissociation: Exploring deity possession and embodied memories in the Garhwal Himalaya. International Journal of Psychology, 59(S1), 610-615. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13202 

4. Gairola, V. (2023). Psychoanalysis as evolution: Beyond the cobwebs of unthought known. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 58(2&3), 20-23, https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/psychoanalysis-as-evolution/ 

5. Gairola, V., & Ranganathan, S. (2023). The divine as a child and the mother goddess: On history and practice of Kunwarikā Devī worship in Garhwal Himalaya. HIMALAYA, 42(1), 98-117. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/himalaya/article/view/6626 

6. Gairola, V., & Ranganathan, S. (2023). Worship in transition: An encounter with the Rājrājeshwarī Devī of the Garhwal Himalaya. HIMALAYA, 42(1), 118-140. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/himalaya/article/view/6678 

7. Gairola, V. (2023). Significance of archetypal sounds: Exploring mystical practices of Uttarakhand Himalayas. In J. Egli (Ed.), Proceedings of the twenty-second Congress of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Switzerland: Daimon Verlag.

8. Gairola, V. (2023). A lesson into decolonized psychiatric and psychoanalytic practice: Demystifying the works of Girindrasekhar Bose. European Psychiatry, 66(S1), pp. S974. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2072

9. Gairola, V. (2023). Distance and psychoanalysis: Negotiating with the virtual world. European Psychiatry, 66(S1), pp. S811. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1718 

10. Gairola, V. (2023). Reducing inequality for persons with disabilities. International Journal of Applied Ethics, 9, 39-46. https://ijaethics.in/index.php/1/article/view/59  

11. Gairola V. (2022). The Little Prince: The big lesson. Mind and Society, 11(4), 90-96. https://www.mindandsociety.in/index.php/MAS/article/view/594   

12. Gairola, V. (2022). On Wilfred R. Bion’s way of being: Linking truth, thought, and nostalgia. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 39(1), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000375  

13. Gairola, V. (2021). History of medical body: Demystifying the continuum of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. European Psychiatry, 64(S1), S387-S388. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1038  

14. Gairola, V., & Mishra, P. K. (2020). On students’ well-being in the Indian context: A review. Journal of Indian Education, 46(2), 166-176. https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/publication/journalsandperiodicals/journalofindianeducation/JIE-August-2020.pdf 

15.  Gairola, V., & Mishra, P. K. (2020). COVID-19 turned upside down: A psychological perspective. Pedagogy of Learning, 6(4), 1-7. http://pedagogyoflearning.com/october-2020-volume-6-issue-4/  

16. Gairola, V., & Mishra, P. K. (2019). An overview of school climate and student outcomes in the Indian context. Anweshan: Journal of Education, 10(1), 33-49. ISSN: 2249-3794. 

Article Reviews

1. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Avner Bergstein (2022) “Truth shall spring out of the earth…”: The analyst as gatherer of sense impressions, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 103:2, 246-263. Journal of Analytical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12935.

Book Chapters

1. Gairola, V. (2025). Embodied Divinity and Transformation: The Living Power of the Devī Māhātmyam in the Garhwal Himalaya. In Contemporary essays on the Devī Mahātmyam: From text to life, edited by Pravina Rodrigues, Springer Nature (forthcoming).

2. Gairola, V. (2025). Love and Psychoanalysis: Spiritual Insights for Psychological Well-Being. In Pant, N. (Ed.), Spiritual Psychology: Conventional and Modern Approaches to Well-being. Bentham Books (forthcoming).

3. Mittal, S., Kumar, S., & Gairola, V. (2024). Speculated anticipatory Anxiety of Social Interactions post Covid-19 Lockdown and the Reality Check. In Uzaina, U., Verma, R., Pandey, R. (eds) The Psychological After-Effects of Covid Post-Pandemic Complications and Interventions in India. Routledge. The Psychological After-Effects of Covid: Post-Pandemic Complications (routledge.com) 

4. Gairola, V., Singh, K. (2023). Positive Practices Within Hinduism. In: Singh, K., Saxena, G. (eds) Religious and Spiritual Practices in India. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2397-7_3.  

5. Gairola, V., Mishra, P.K. (2022). Bhagavad Gita and Psychotherapy: A Cure for Soul? In: Sia, S.K., Crane, L.S., Jain, A.K., Bano, S. (eds.), Understanding Psychology in the Context of Relationship, Community, Workplace and Culture. Singapore: Springer.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2693-8_15 

Book Reviews

1. Gairola, V. (2025). Review of Living Folk Religions. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 29, 129-131.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-025-09388-7 

2. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of Wonder in South Asia: Histories, Aesthetics, Ethics. Asian Affairs, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2024.2387718 

3. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West. Asian Affairs, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2024.2387701 

4. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The Future of Religious Studies in India. Religions of South Asia, 18(1-2), 239-241. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.28985 

5. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment. Music Therapy Perspectives, 42(1), 98-99.  https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad030  

6. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The Ethnography of Tantra: Textures and Contexts of Living Tantric Traditions. Asian Affairs, 55(1), 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2024.2320286

7. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The Festival of Indra: Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance. Asian Affairs 55(1), 116-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2024.2319771

8. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva. International Journal of Hindu Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-024-09356-7 

9. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The epistemology of spirit beliefs. Ethos, 52(1), 143-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12419

10.  Gairola, V. (2024). Review of Singing the goddess into place: Locality, myth, and social change in Chamundi of the hill, a Kannada folk ballad. Ethos, 52(1), 145-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12420 

11. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of The Archaeology of the Nātha Sampradāya in Western India, 12th to 15th Century. International Journal of Asian Studies, 21(1), 162-165. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479591423000219 

12. Gairola, V. (2024). Review of religious reading and everyday lives in devotional Hinduism. Religion, 54(1), 152-154.  https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2024.2270312 

13. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Himālaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay. HIMALAYA, 43(1), 193-195. https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2023.9277 

14. Gairola, V. (2023). The Other side of Jungian Psychoanalysis. Jung Journal, 17(4), 141-145, https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2023.2258756 

15. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of The Goddess and the Sun in the Indian myth: Power, preservation and mirrored Māhātmyas in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa by Raj Balkaran. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 27(3), 420-421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-023-09343-4   

16. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Hinduism and popular cults in Mauritius: Sacred religion and plantation economy. Fieldwork in Religion, 18(2), 259-260. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.26985 

17. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of The many faces of a Himalayan goddess: Hadimba, her devotees, and religion in rapid change by Ehud Halperin. Fieldwork in Religion, 18(2), 257-258. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.26984

18. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Body as Psychoanalytic Object: Clinical Applications from Winnicott to Bion and Beyond. The Psychoanalytic Review, 110(3), 347-350.  https://doi.org/10.1521/prev.2023.110.3.343  

19. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Nine nights of power: Durga, dolls, and darbars edited by Ute Hüsken, Vasudha Narayanan, and Astrid Zotter. Journal of Asian Studies. https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-10773571

20. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2023.2245271 

21. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2023.2245270

22. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Till Kingdom Come: Medieval Hinduism in the Modern Himalaya. Contemporary South Asia, 31(2), 348-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2023.2207908      

23. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas by Holly Walters. HIMALAYA, 42(1), 158-160. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/himalaya/article/view/8045 

24. Gairola, V., Ranganathan, S. (2023). Review of Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds. Religion. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2023.2209461

25. Gairola, V., & Ranganathan, S. (2023). Review of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses: Tales of the Divine Feminine from India and Beyond. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2023.2198875 

26. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Hinduism in Middle India: Narasimha, the lord of the Middle by Lavanya Vemsani. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2023.2198871 

27. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions. Religions of South Asia, 17(1), 103-105. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.25458

28. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Goddess traditions in India: Theological poems and philosophical tales in the Tripurārahasya by Silvia Schwarz Linder. South Asian Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2023.2167573 

29. Gairola, V. (2023). Review of Himalayan histories: economy, polity, religious traditions. Contemporary South Asia, 31(1), 159-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2023.2170537

30. Gairola, V., (2022). Review of Ritual Journeys in South Asia: Constellations and Contestations of Mobility and Space edited by Christoph Bergmann and Jürgen Schaflechner. HIMALAYA, 41 (2), pp. 162-164. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/himalaya/article/view/7813/9790 

31. Gairola, V. (2022). Review of The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth: Ring Composition, Royal Power, and the Dharmic Double Helix. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2022.2150022

32. Gairola, V. (2022). Review of Guru to the world: The life and legacy of Vivekananda by Ruth Harris. Asian Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2022.2151786

International Newsletter 

1. Gairola, V. (Winter, 2021-2022). Geography, psychology, music, and spirituality: A glimpse of dasien in the Uttarakhand Himalayas. The Peace Psychologist, 31(1), 38-40. 

Magazines and Newspapers

1. Gairola, V. (2023, July 10). IIT-H student’s research work awarded by US Association. The Hindu. https://epaper.thehindu.com/ccidist-ws/th/th_hyderabad/issues/42962/OPS/G6HBFC2R7.1.png?cropFromPage=true  

2. Gairola, V. (2022, December 31). Face to Face: Vineet Gairola. One India One People. Vineet Gairola - One India One People Foundation  

3. Gairola, V. (2022). Mera yaadgar humsafar. Chandradeepti, 9, 36-38.

4. Gairola, V. (2021, August 5). Ph.D. scholar from IIT-H receives international award. The Hindu. 

5. Gairola, V. (2021, August 24). Bhagavad Gita can contribute to psychology. The Hindu.   

6. Gairola, V. (2019, April 15). In touch with reality. The Hindu Edge, 3. 

7. Gairola, V. (2018). A peek into realm of psychiatry. BrainFeed Higher Education Plus, 1(6), 50-51.

Blogs

1. Gairola, V. (2017, September 22). Internship at IBHAS hospital – A peek into the realm of psychiatry. Internshala Blog.