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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.

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. pre-eminent or important maintainer or sustainer
  2. in brahminical social codes, a kind of endowment to a woman; given to her before her journey from her father’s house to her in-laws’ as a new bride (M. Sańhitā).

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