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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences faced by Indian American children after exposure to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We demonstrate that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse (Mill was the head of the British East India Company) and the current school textbook discourse. This racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces the same psychological impacts on Indian American children that racism typically causes: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon akin to racelessness, where children dissociate from the traditions and culture of their ancestors.


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Grahayajña

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Grahayajña literally means ‘yajña to appease the grahas or planets’.

The nine grahas or planets like the sun, the moon, or the Mars have an effect on human life. This has to be ascertained for each individual as per the details of the horoscope.

During certain periods in one’s life, some of the grahas are said to become inimical and affect the person adversely. Hence, certain rites known as ‘grahayajña’ is recommended to perform. It has to performed on certain days specified as good by the almanac. During such rites gifts of a cow, a conch, gold or cloth are to be given to worthy persons.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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