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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.

Bodhi

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. realization; understanding; enlightenment; wisdom; awareness; knowledge
  2. in Buddhism, the knowledge by which one becomes a Buddha, or an enlightened being
  3. the sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa), also known as the pīpul, considered sacred by Hindus and Buddhists, meditating under which Siddhārtha Gautama attained enlightenment and achieved the state of a Buddha. (fem: bodhinī)

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