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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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A Scorpio, born in 1973, with interests in Hinduism, Epics and Hindu Mythologies. Carnatic & Film Music make my day. Love to travel a lot. Especially to heritage temples and monumental sites. Interested in carrying forward our traditions, values and culture & passing it on to the future generations. An ardent blogger having a blog on ancient temples, their history and significance.
