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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.

Candrakānta

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. with the beauty and grace of the moon, as comely as the moon
  2. beloved of the moon, the moonstone
  3. the White Water lily (Nymphaea alba); sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus); (Fem: candrakāntā): another name for Rohiņi, the consort of the moon.

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