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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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Bhaj Govind

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Translated by P. R. Ramachander

Saint Meera Bhai

Bhaj Govind, govind Gopala,
Sri Krishn kahnayya morea Nand lala

I sing about Govinda, Govinda, Gopals,
The darling Sri Krishna,my son of Nanda

Mathaa Yasodhaa dahiyaa bhalove,
Maakhan khavayya, More Mand lala ( Bhaj Govind…)

Mother Yasodha churns the curd,
And you eat the butter, My son of Nanda ( I sing about…)

Vrunda van ki kunj galeen mein,
Baansari bhajavo more Nand lala(Bhaj Govind..)

In the pretty streets of Brinda Van,
You please play the flute, My son of Nanda ( I sing about..)

Vrunda van ki kunj galeen mein,
Raas rachavo, more Nand lala (Bhaj Govind…)

In the pretty streets of Brinda Van,
You dance Rasa Leela, My son of Nanda (I sing about…)

Yamuna ji je eke neere there,
Gaon charavo, more Nand lala (bhaj Govind…)

In the water filled Yamuna’s banks,
You graze the cattle, My son of Nanda (I sing about,,,)

Meera ke prabhu Giridhar naagar,
Saran mein raakho hamen Nanda laala (Bhaj Govind…)

Oh Lord of Meera, the Gopala who lifted the mountain,
You keep us on your feet, Oh son of Nanda.

Bhaj Govind, govind Gopala,
Sri Krishn kahnayya morea Nand lala
Bhaj Govind, govind Gopala (Bhaj Govind..)

I sing about Govinda, Govinda, Gopala,
The darling Sri Krishna,my son of Nanda (I sing about…)
I sing about Govinda, Govinda, Gopala

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