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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.

Dīpaka

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. lighting; illuminating; inflaming
  2. lamp; flame
  3. another name for Kāma; the saffron plant (Crocus sativus); a famous rāga, which is rarely sung in modern times and is considered as having he power to set the surroundings on fire if sung perfectly.