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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.

Amara

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. immortal, imperishable.
  2. a god or celestial being; the number 33 (as there were originally 33 main deities in the Vedas)
  3. a marut (Hv. Pur.); a name for the Rudrākşa Tree (Elaeocarpus Ganitrus).

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