By Jit Majumdar
- harsh speech; ignoble speech; false or damaging speech
- harsh speech personified as the daughter of Krodha (rage) and Hińsā (violence) and the wife of Kali, the demon personifying the age of darkness and vice (Bg. Pur.).
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. |
By Jit Majumdar