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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences faced by Indian American children after exposure to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We demonstrate that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse (Mill was the head of the British East India Company) and the current school textbook discourse. This racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces the same psychological impacts on Indian American children that racism typically causes: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon akin to racelessness, where children dissociate from the traditions and culture of their ancestors.


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Atipātaka

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Atipātaka literally means ‘grave sin’.

Pāpas or pātakas sins in general arising out of the transgressions of the rules of conduct given in the scriptures, are classified into several categories as follows :

  1. Upapātaka - minor sin
  2. mahāpātaka - mortal Sin
  3. Atipātaka - grave Sin

Incest with one’s mother, daughter or daughter-in-law is classified as atipātaka and the only expiation is to die by entering into fire.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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