Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Book Cover.webp

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.

Emana thichithivo

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Emana thichethavo ye menchinavo

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Raga Sahana
Thala Roopaka

Pallavi

Emana thichethavo ye menchinavo

Anupallavi

Na mattala vinavo rama
Na thala vara lemo

Charanam

Yasa mayuvu sad bhakthiyu,
Yekanda chithamu
Su sareera mosangu bhasura
Thyagaraja vinutha

English Translation

Pallavi

What orders have you passed?
What thoughts run in your mind

Anupallavi

Oh Rama , won’t you hear my words,
What is written n my head.

Charanam

Having given fame , long life and great devotion,
A mind which is stable,
And good body to this Thyagaraja,
He is singing this prayers to you,