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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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Translated by P. R. Ramachander
Elder son of Lord Shiva and Parvathy he is the remover of all obstacles. He has an elephant face and rides on a mouse.
Vakra Thunda Maha Kayam, Koti Soorys Sama prabham, Nirvignam Kuru me Deva, sarva karyesshu sarvadha.
He who has an immense body,
He who has a broken tusk,
He who shines like billions of Suns,
Remove all hindrances,
From all my work and for all times
