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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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Sosyantī-karma

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Sosyantī-karma literally means ‘a rite for a woman about to deliver’.

This is a very ancient rite meant for the safe delivery of the baby from the mother who is in labor pains. The mantras from the Ṛgveda[1] and the Atharvaveda[2] are used as prayers and magical chants for the safety of both the mother and the baby. Keeping the Turyanti plant at the feet of the woman about to deliver the baby and sprinkling the water collected from a river or a spring on her head by her husband with appropriate mantras is an important aspect of this rite.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Ṛgveda means 5.78.7-9.
  2. ↑ Atharvaveda 1.11.1-7
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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