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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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Sri Parasara Bhattar

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Sri Parasara Bhattar was the son of Koorathazhvar and the chief priest of the Sri Rangam temple. He was forced to leave the city of Srirangam when he angred the Chola king. After receiving the edict but before leaving, he composed the Sri Ranganatha Stotram. After leaving Sri Rangam, he settled in Thirukkhoshtiyur. The great love he had for Sri Ranganatha and the anguish he felt when he was forced to leave is evident in the stotra.

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Krishna Maheshwari

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