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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.

Talk:Ahalyabai Holkar

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Ahalyābāi Holkar (A. D. 1735-1795) One of the few Hindu rulers of the medieval period, who did much for the protection of Hinduism and preservation of Hindu temples was Ahalyābāi Holkar, the queen of Indore.

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Though born in a poor family of farmers, she was married to Khaṇḍe Rāo, the son of Mallhār Rāo Holkar of Indore.


When her husband died in a battle, she boldly took over the administration in A. D. 1765 and ruled with great efficiency till her demise in A. D. 1795. She was responsible for the protection of the origi¬nal Śivaliṅgas of Somanātha and Kāśī temples by building separate temples for the same. She improved or renovated many temples in North India and also built rest-houses for pilgrims in the places of pilgrimage. The modern city of Indore owes its development mainly to her.

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