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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.

Talk:Pradip Kumar Datta

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Renuka Joshi


Pradip Kumar Datta is a Professor Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University[1] as of August 2022. According to her university profile, her areas of interests are Historical and Contemporary Identity formations in Modern India, Indian Political and Social Thought and Literary Studies.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of BJP Government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

Book and Book Chapters[edit]

  1. Datta, Pradip Kumar. War and the World, Tagore’s Praxis of the Global from the 1890s to the 1920s. In India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, edited by Pradip Kumar Datta, 2017, pp. 102-133. doi:10.4324/9781351255325.
  2. Datta, Pradip Kumar, Suhas Palshikar, and Achin Vanaik. Political Science, vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 1-32. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198082224.001.0001.

Journal Articles[edit]

  1. Datta, Pradip Kumar. Rabindranath's Praxis: Perspectives on Remaking the Social. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 52, 2017, pp. 38-39.
  2. Datta, Pradip Kumar. Rabindranath Tagore's Theology of Work. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 52, 2017, pp. 40-45.
  3. Datta, Pradip Kumar, and Suhas Palshikar. Introduction: Reframing Indian Political Thought. Political Science, vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2013. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198082224.003.0001.
  4. Datta, Pradip Kumar, and Ujjwal Kumar. From Democratic Autonomy to Authoritarian Sovereignty. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 48, 2013.
  5. Datta, Pradip Kumar. The Interlocking Worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa/India. South African Historical Journal, vol. 57, 2007, pp. 35-59. doi:10.1080/02582470709464708.
  6. Datta, Pradip Kumar. Hindu-Muslim Love and its Prohibitions: The Social Importance of Literature in Early Modern Bengal. Studies in History, vol. 18, 2002, pp. 323-333. doi:10.1177/025764300201800209.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Jawaharlal Nehru University page Accessed on 19/4/2023
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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