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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.

Ahańkāra

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. that which creates “I” (the self)
  2. ego-sense, ego-idea.
  3. the subjective principle that enables beings to have a sense of “I”-ness, and by which the individual soul or cosmic soul (Puruşa) is induced to identify himself with the Primordial or Cosmic Nature (Pakŗitī) and her activities. (also spelt: ahańkāra).

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