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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.

Deva

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. shining; luminous
  2. god
  3. the generic name for divine beings of various classes, who are considered to be 33 crore in number (1 crore : 10 million)
  4. the 22nd Jaina arhat of the future Utsarpinī (J.S. Kośa); the Kadama tree (Anthocephalus cadamba); the vine Balsam Apple or Karela (Momordica balsamina).

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