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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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By Swami Harshananda
Liṅgadhāraṇa literally means ‘wearing the Śivaliṅga on the body’.
Vīraśaivas are also called ‘Liṅgāyatas’ since they wear the Śivaliṅga[1] on their body.
Liṅgadhāraṇa is a part of the ceremonies connected with dīkṣā or initiation. The guru worships the liṅga first and then ties it around the neck of the initiate.
