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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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I was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, and moved to the U.S. for my higher education. I'm currently working in the energy industry, with a focus in renewable energy and environmental policies.
I learned basic Sanskrit as part of my school curriculum in Nepal, and studied Nepali through school.
