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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

This book is an outcome of 4 years of rigorous research as a part of our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within Academia.

Aṣta-murti

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Aṣta-murti literally means ‘The One with eight forms’.

This is one of the names of Śiva, the last deity of the Trinity. The eight forms are mentioned below :

  1. Pṛthvī - Earth
  2. Jala - Water
  3. Agni - Fire
  4. Vāyu - Air
  5. Ākāśa - Space
  6. Yajamāna - The sacrificer
  7. Candra - Moon
  8. Surya - Sun

Sometimes specific names are given to these forms, they are

  1. Pṛthvī - Sarva
  2. Jala - Bhava
  3. Agni - Rudra
  4. Vāyu - Ugra
  5. Ākāśa - Bhīma
  6. Yajamāna - Paśupati
  7. Candra - Mahādeva
  8. Surya - Īśāna


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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