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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.


This book is the result of four years of rigorous research and academic peer-review, reflecting our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within academia.

Hey Ram Hey Ram

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Translated by P. R. Ramachander

Hey ram hey ram
Hey ram hey ram

Hey Rama, Hey Rama,
Hey Rama, Hey Rama

Tu hi mata tu hi pita hai
Tu hi to radha ka shyam

You are the mother and you are the father,
And you are the Krishna, of Radha

Hey ram hey ram
Hey ram hey ram 
Hey Rama, Hey Rama,
Hey Rama, Hey Rama
Tu antaryami sabka swami x2
Tere charno men charo dham

You are the one within every body, God,
And the four pilgrimage centres are at your feet.

Hey ram hey ram
Hey ram hey ram
Tu hi bigade tu hi sawaren x2
Is jag ke sare kam

You are the one who spoils and does,
All the work of this world

Hey ram hey ram
Hey ram hey ram

Hey Rama, Hey Rama,
Hey Rama, Hey Rama

Tu hi jagdata vishvavidhata x2
Tu hi subah tuhi sham

You are one gave the world and you are law giuver of the world,
You are the morning and you are the evening

Hey ram hey ram
Hey ram hey ram

Hey Rama, Hey Rama,
Hey Rama, Hey Rama

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