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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:Balaji Narasimhan

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Sachi Anjunkar


Balaji Narasimhan is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras[1] as of May 2024. According to his university profile, he is a Hydrologist with expertise in modelling the impact of land use and climate change on hydrology using GIS, remote sensing and hydrologic/ hydraulic / crop growth models

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference as a scholar and an academic and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Narasimhan, Balaji, Joseph N., and Preetha P.P. Assessment of Environmental Flow Requirements Using a Coupled Surface Water-Groundwater Model and a Flow Health Tool: A Case Study of Son River in the Ganga Basin. Elsevier, 2021.
  2. Narasimhan, Balaji, Kirthiga S.M., and C. Balaji. A Multi-Physics Ensemble Approach for Short-Term Precipitation Forecasts at Convective Permitting Scales Based on Sensitivity Experiments Over Southern Parts of Peninsular India. Elsevier, 2021.
  3. Narasimhan, Balaji, Palanisamy B., and Shaurabh S. Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities for Low-Impact Development Techniques in Urbanizing Catchments of the Coastal City of Chennai, India: Case Study. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020.
  4. Narasimhan, Balaji, Singh Riddhi, et al. Hydrological Modeling in India. Indian National Science Academy, 2020.
  5. Narasimhan, Balaji, Ballamudi Srinivasa Murthy, Soumendra Nath Kuiry, et al. Investigation of Role of Retention Storage in Tanks (Small Water Bodies) on Future Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Chennai City, India. MDPI, 2020.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Balaji Narasimhan University Profile accessed May 28, 2024
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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