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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

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Ūrujaḥ

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By M. A. Alwar


Ūrujaḥ means “born out of ūru (thigh) of Brahman." It refers to Vaiśyas (merchant class).

Gender[edit]

Ūrujaḥ is a masculine form.

Synonym[edit]

Vaiśya[1]

Origin[edit]

Ūrujaḥ can be split as ūru + Jan + ḍa.

Ūrujaḥ As per Viṣṇu Purāṇa[edit]

It has been stated in Viṣṇu Purāṇa:

The merchant class is mixed with rajas and tamas.[2]

Ūrujaḥ - A Sage[edit]

Ūrujaḥ is also the name of a sage belonging to the lineage of bhṛgu. He is known by the name Ourva.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ As per Amarakośa
  2. ↑ Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.6.4
  • Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti, M. A. Alwar

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