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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.

Bāņa

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. arrow; number
  2. sharp intellect
  3. the son of the Asura emperor Bali (Viş. Pur.); a 7th century poet who belonged to the court of King Harşavardhana and was the auhor of Harşa Carita and Kādambari ; an asura who was killed by Kŗşņa (Bhāg. Pur.); an asura killed by Lakşmaņa (V. Rām.).