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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

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Lopāmudrā

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Lopāmudrā was the wife of the famous sage Agastya. She was the daughter of the king of the Vidarbha country.

According to one story, Agastya once saw his forefathers in a miserable condition. On enquiring about their plight, they advised him to marry and beget sons who would deliver them from this misery. He then approached the king of Vidarbha and requested him to give his daughter Lopāmudrā in marriage. Though the king was hesitant, Lopāmudrā herself came forward accepting the proposal. The two were married at the place called Mahāsindhutīrtha.

Dṛḍhasyu or Idhmavāha was their son. She was also known as Satyavatī. She is sometimes identified with Kāverī, daughter of the sage Kavera, who became the river Kāverī.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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