This volume aims to felicitate the people and government of India on the fiftieth anniversary of India's Independence, to acknowledge the ways in which the study of India has stimulated US scholars during the period and to express gratitude on behalf of AIIS to people and the government of India for their help in the scholar's endeavours.
Papers in the volume highlight the role of AIIS during the last fifty years and bring out the contribution of the study of India to various academic disciplines like Anthropology, Art History, Economics, Folklore, Geography, History, Language, Literature, Linguistics, Mathematics, Science, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sanskrit, Sociology, Gender Studies and Performing Arts.