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Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children is now published after academic peer-review and available through open access.

In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We show that there is an intimate connection―an almost exact correspondence―between James Mill’s ( a prominent politician in Britain and head of the British East India Company) colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children the same psychological impact as racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors

This book is an outcome of 4 years of rigorous research as a part of our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within Academia.

Ideals and Values/Appendix I

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APPENDIX I[edit]

The following list of great Hindus may be used by students to do research on their lives:

Great Sages: Valmiki, Vishvamitra, Vyasa, Vasishtha, Agastya, Yajnavalkya

Great Saints: Tulsidas, Meerabai, Surdas, Pipa, Dhanna, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, Lalleshwari, Shankar Dev, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Narsi Mehta, Namadev, Jnaneshvar, Tukaram, Ekanath, Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, Andal, Nammalvar, Appar, Jnanasambandhar, Bhadrachalam Ramadas, Kabir, Jhulelal, Satguru Shivaya Subramania Swami, Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, Dadu, Mahamati Prannath, Mata Anandamoyi, Ramaprasad Sen, Vidyapati

Great Āchārya: Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vallabhacharya, Nimbarkacharya,

Great Kings and Queens: Rani Lakshmibai, Rani Durgavati, Rani Ahilyabai Holkar, Rana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja Chhatrasal, Raja Krishna Deva Raya, Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharaja Vikramaditya, Harshavardhan, Lalitaditya, Chandragupta Maurya, Maharaja Janaka

Great Scientists, Physicians and Mathematicians: Bhaskara, Brahmagupta, Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Charaka, Sushruta, Vagbhatta

Great Scholars, Politicians and Poets: Panini, Chanakya, Kalidasa, Mahatma Gandhi

Social Reformers: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishvarachandra Vidyasagar, Maharshi Karve











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