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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.


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.

Ram Janmabhumi

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Ram Janmabhumi refers to the sacred city of Ayodhya, which gave birth to Ram, the son of King Dasratha in the Ikṣvaku Dynasty. This dynasty was established by Rishabha the first Jain Tirthankar who was also born in Ayodhya within the Satya Yuga. The Koṣala Kingdom's capital was Ayodhya. In fact, 4 other Tirthankars were born here afterwards.

This sacred city has also been known in scriptures as Ikṣvakubhumi, Koṣala, Prathamapuri, Ramapuri, Saketa, Sukoṣala, Vinita and Visaha.

Ram Janmabhumi Movement[edit]

The movement known as 'Ram Janmabhumi' is associated with rebuilding the Ram temple that had existed there before its demolition and building of a mosque in place by Babur Mughal.

This is one 1 of countless examples wherein a non-Islamic shrine is converted into an Islamic 1 to promote Muslim supremacy and the supremacy of Islam over other religions.

Despite the archaeological findings by the Archaeological Survey of India that indeed a temple stood in place of the Babri Masjid, most Muslims and pseudo-secularists deny the proof. To suppose that Islamists converted shrines elsewhere into mosques but India was an exception would go against the historical evidence too. Great Mosque of Herat was a Zoroastrian temple, Kümbet Mosque of Kars a Christian church, Al-Aqsa of Jerusalem a Jewish synagogue, Lalish Mosque a Yezidi temple, etc.

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