Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children is now freely available.
Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Book Cover.webp

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.

Irāvatī

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By M. A. Alwar


  1. The vaṭapatrī tree
  2. A kind of Coleus Aniboinicus[1]
  3. A river[2]

Gender[edit]

Irāvatī is a feminine form.

Origin[edit]

General[edit]

It is derived from "irā vidyate'syāḥ iti" which means 'She who possesses liquor/water (irā)'.

Grammatical[edit]

It can be split as irā+matup.

Usage[edit]

In Mahābhārat, it was used to refer to

“Vipāśā, śatadruḥ, candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, Irāvatī, Vitastā, Sindhuḥ, and the divine river Gaṅgā”


References[edit]

  1. ↑ As per Rājanirghaṇṭa
  2. ↑ As per Mahābhārat
  • Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti, M. A. Alwar

Explore Other Articles

Retrieved from "https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Irāvatī&oldid=115177"