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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.

Aşţayoginī

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. the eight yoginīs
  2. the group of eight female goddesses, or personified powers, who are the companions of the Mother Goddess, also known as aşţasakhī, or the eight friends, namely: Śailaputrī, Candraghanţā, Skandamātā, Kālarātri, Candikā, Kuşmāndī, Kātyāyanī and Mahāgaurī.

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