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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.
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By Swami Harshananda
Caṇḍikāvrata literally means ‘vow associated with Caṇḍikā’.
It is a religious vow undertaken on the 8th and 9th days of each fortnight (both dark and bright). On these days the goddess Caṇḍikā is to be worshiped. Fasting is a necessary discipline. The vrata is spread over one year. It helps the worshiper to get Mother Caṇḍikā’s grace and fulfill his desires.
