By Jit Majumdar
- the radiant lion; a lion like the Sun
- the king or master that is the Sun
- the nom de plume of the great Bengali poet, songwriter, author, philosopher, educationist and artist of the 19th century, Rabīndranāth Ţhākur.
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. |
By Jit Majumdar