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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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By Swami Harshanada
Haihaya is the name of an ancient dynasty with its capital at Māhiṣmatī. The most celebrated ruler of this dynasty was Kārtavīryārjuna,[1] who had ‘one thousand arms’. The southern Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh has been identified as the ancient Māhiṣmatī city.
