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We examine the impact of the current colonial-racist discourse around Hindu Dharma on Indians across the world and prove that this discourse causes psychological effects similar to those caused by racism: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a detachment from our cultural heritage.

Ābhīra

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. not afraid; fearless
  2. cowherd; shepherd
  3. an ancient pastoral and martial tribe with several subgroups (also pronounced as “āhīra”) found in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab; in brahminical codes, the offspring(s) of a brāhmaņa father and an ambaşţha mother (M. Sańhitā).