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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.

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  • # [[a]] type of grass used in sacrificial ceremonies as oblations (Saccharum cylindricum).
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  • ...s and ceremonies, the kuśāsana is recommended for meditation and religious ceremonies.
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  • * [[Vivāha]] or the marriage ceremonies The second patala describes the following ceremonies:
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  • ...d [[Śrāddha|śrāddha]]<ref>[[Śrāddha]] means obsequal ceremonies.</ref> all ceremonies connected with the temple [[worship]] Though these ceremonies include Vedic mantras, they are based more on the āgamas and [[purāṇas]
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  • Liṅgadhāraṇa is a part of the ceremonies connected with dīkṣā or initiation. The [[guru]] worships the [[liṅga
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  • <br>(Laali songs are sung ceremonies after Oonjal like Pachai podal Vara Poojai etc)
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  • ...nherits the property is obliged to perform the śrāddha and other obsequial ceremonies regularly. For this he has to set apart a share of as much as 50% from the
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  • ...d ‘piṇḍas’ are offered to the ancestors with suitable mantras during these ceremonies.
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  • ...n the ground. The palāśa tree is closely associated with several rites and ceremonies. A [[daṇḍa]]<ref>[[Daṇḍa]] means a stick, like a walking stick.</re
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  • <br>(Laali songs are sung ceremonies after Oonjal like Pachai podal Vara Poojai etc)
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  • ...rites to appease or please the ancestors is an integral part. During such ceremonies called ‘[[Śrāddha|śrāddha]],’ appropriate mantras (incantations) ar
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  • ...y stage of his life he is expected to perform or undergo certain religious ceremonies which will add a peculiar excellence not only to his body but also to his [ ...([[asthisañcayana]]) and immersed in a holy river or the sea. [[Śrāddha]] ceremonies are followed by sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (affiliation of the dead with the mane
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  • In the [[Śrāddha|śrāddha]] ceremonies, not only the Vedic but also the purāṇic mantras are recited at the appr
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  • ...his festival and is usually held two days before the conclusion of all the ceremonies.
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  • The [[homa]] rites performed as a part of gṛhya or domestic religious ceremonies must always be performed on a sthaṇḍila. A sthaṇḍila is a raised an
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  • * Auspicious ceremonies in the family like marriage or birth
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  • ...his festival. It is usually held two days before the conclusion of all the ceremonies.
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  • ...in the rites concerning the pitṛs or manes,<ref>These rituals are śrāddha ceremonies.</ref> this mode of wearing is reversed. The thread is worn on right should
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  • ...not only meticulously but also religiously. One of the important religious ceremonies connected with the various stages of construction is ‘aṅkurārpaṇa,�
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  • ...32.4</ref> Along with Sinīvālī, she is worshiped in [[temples]] during the ceremonies of installation and consecration. Rākā is invoked in mud-pots with fissur
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