Session 2: State Performance during Group Violence: Case Studies Chair and Discussant: Bish Sanyal, MIT 10:30-10:45AM “Caste & Violence: A Study of Atrocities on Dalits,” Chinnaiah Jangam, Wagner College, New York 10:45-11:00AM “Kandhamal, Orissa, 2008: Hindu Majoritarian State and its “Others,” Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies 11:00-11:15AM “Ahimsa, Identification, and Sacrifice in the Gujarat Pogrom, 2002,” Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi,Rutgers University, NJ 11:15-11:30AM “State Failure and Governance: A Rethinking,” B. Rajagopal, MIT 11:30-12:00AM Discussion, Q & A