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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.

Damayantī

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. one who subdues; self-restraining
  2. subduer of men; empowered woman
  3. the daughter of King Bhīma of Vidarbha, wife of the Nişādha King Nala, and one of the most famous and iconic of epic heroines.

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