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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.

Divya

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. luminous; shining; glorious
  2. divine; celestial; heavenly; charming; sacred (fem: divyā):
  3. an apsarā (Ŗ. Veda); the Black Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula); Barley (Hordeum vulgare); the Indian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle asiatica); the Asparagus Racemosus, (Śatāvari or Śatamūlā).