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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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Introduction to Hindi Krithis
Very few Hindi kithis have been composed to be sung in Carnatic style. However large number og Meera Bhajans and Surdas Bhajans are being sung by Carnatic musicians. There are certain compositions of Swathi thirunal also in Hindi. I am giving here the meanings of some Krithis by Prof.Ramamurthy Rao in Hindi.
