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Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children is now published after academic peer-review and available through open access.

In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We show that there is an intimate connection―an almost exact correspondence―between James Mill’s ( a prominent politician in Britain and head of the British East India Company) colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children the same psychological impact as racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors

This book is an outcome of 4 years of rigorous research as a part of our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within Academia.

Ajapā

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. that which is not repeated; that which is not pronounced.
  2. a tantric discipline of controlling feeling and activity by controlling sound, and using this control to minimize the loss of prāņa. This is done entirely through the sounds of the breath and does not involve special postures or exercises, or any alteration of one's daily routine or diet; the practice of Japa (chanting), concentrating and developing awareness with the least effort; a yogic exercise based on the natural process of inhaling/ exhaling that can be mastered through intense, personal concentration and focus.

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