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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences faced by Indian American children after exposure to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We demonstrate that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse (Mill was the head of the British East India Company) and the current school textbook discourse. This racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces the same psychological impacts on Indian American children that racism typically causes: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon akin to racelessness, where children dissociate from the traditions and culture of their ancestors.


This book is the result of four years of rigorous research and academic peer-review, reflecting our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within academia.

Bhoja

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. providing enjoyment; bountiful; generous; fulfilling
  2. with many qualities; rich in qualities
  3. a king of Mālva (M. Bh.); a king of the Bhoja kingdom near the Vindhya mountains (Hari. Pur.); a son of Vasudeva (Hv. Pur.); the king of Marttikātava who fought for the Kaurava camp in the Bharata War (M. Bh.); a king of the Yadu dynasty founded the Bhoja dynasty (M. Bh.); a king of Kānyakubja (R. Tarang.); a famous king of Dhārā, of the 11th century, also known as Bhojarāja, who was a scholar, philosopher and author (M. Smŗti).

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