Vineet Gairola, Publications

            Publications

Journal Articles

1. 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/ 

2. 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 

3. 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 

4. 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

5. 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 

6. 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  

7. 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   

8. 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  

9. 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  

10. Gairola, V. (2021). On the alchemy of darkness: Revisiting the shadow and the dark continent. British Journal of Psychotherapy (under review). 

11. Gairola V. (2021). Distance and psychoanalysis: Negotiating with the virtual world. International Journal of Psychoanalysis (under review). 

12. 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 

13.  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/  

14. Gairola, V. (2020). Krishna’s leela and Winnicott’s play: A correspondence. British Journal of Psychotherapy (under review). 

15. Gairola, V. (2020). Significance of archetypal sounds: Exploring mystical practices of Uttarakhand Himalayas. Psychoanalytic Psychology (under review). 

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. 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) 

2. 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.  

3. 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. (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 

2. 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  

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 

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

7.  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 

8. 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 

9. 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 

10. 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 

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

12. 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   

13. 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 

14. 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

15. 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  

16. 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

17. 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 

18. 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

19. 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      

20. 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 

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

22. 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 

23. 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 

24. 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

25. 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 

26. 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

27. 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 

28. 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

29. 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.