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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.

Candraprava

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By Jit Majumdar


  1. belonging to the moon
  2. having the class or stature of the moon
  3. the 8th Jain Tīrthańkara who was the son of King Mahāsena and Queen Lakşmaņā of Candrapura, who had the moon as his emblem (J.S. Kośa).

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