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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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Indrasurasaḥ

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By M. A. Alwar


Gender[edit]

Indrasurasaḥ is a masculine form

Origin[edit]

It is derived from 'indraḥ indravṛkṣa iva surasaḥ supathyarasaḥ which means whose juice is wholesome like the indravṛkṣa.

Meaning[edit]

As per Amara[edit]

It is known as Sinduvāra tree (Vitex negundo) according to Amara.

As per Hindi[edit]

It is known as nisindā in Hindi language.

Description[edit]

Details of Indrasurasaḥ can be seen under the words Sinduvāra and Nirguṇḍī.


References[edit]

  • Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti, M. A. Alwar

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