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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.

Shiva Mangalam

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Shiva Mangalam

Translated by P.R.Ramachander

1.Sankaraya, sankaraya, Sankaraya Mangalam
Sankari manoharaya saswataya mangalam

Let good things happen
Oh Lord Shiva, Lord Shiva, Lord Shiva ,
Let good things happen
Oh Lord who is pretty to Parvathi ,
Oh Lord who is forever constant

2.Sudresaya mangalam, Santhanaya mangalam,
Chinmayaya , sanmayaya , thanmayaya mangalam

Let good things happen
Oh God who is pretty,
Let good things happen
Oh God who does not have beginning,
Let good things happen
Oh God who is full of divinity,
Oh Lord who is full of all that is good,
Oh God whose form is full of good

3.Anantharoopa mangalam, Chiranthanaya mangalam,
Niranjanaya mangalam, puranjanaya mangalam

Let good things happen
Oh God who has an endless form,
Let good things happen
Oh God who is very ancient
Let good things happen
Oh God who is spotless,
Let good things happen
Oh God who is embodiment of life

4.Achanjalaya mangalam , Akinjanaya mangalam,
Jagad shivaya mangalam, Nama shivaya mangalam

Let good things happen
Oh God Who never gets doubts,
Let good things happen
Oh God who is without anything,
Let good things happen
Oh God who is Shiva of universe,
Let good things happen
Oh Lord Shiva, my salutations.

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