Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Book Cover.webp
We examine the impact of the current colonial-racist discourse around Hindu Dharma on Indians across the world and prove that this discourse causes psychological effects similar to those caused by racism: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a detachment from our cultural heritage.

User:Vishal J Mehta

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
Place of Birth
Mumbai
Currently Residing In
San Jose, CA
Language Proficiency
Gujarati, Hindi, English
Darsana
Pushti Marga
Upasana Parampara
Vaishnav - Srinathji
Subjects of Study
  • electrical and computer engineering
Interests
  • Philosophy
  • self help literature
  • nutrition and wellness
  • Reading
  • traveling
  • entrepreneurship
Hindupedia Areas of Focus
  • Editor – helping to clean up grammatical and stylistic errors
  • Other website related tasks
Other Socio Cultural Associations & Activities
  • Volunteer for BAYVP Vasihnav temple in Milpitas, CA
  • Member of local Bhakti Vriksh group (ISKCON - San Jose)
Education
  • MS (Electrical and Computer Engineering) from Univ of Wisconsin – Madison
  • B Tech from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Profession
  • working as ASIC Engineer at NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
  • building my own home-based business through Amway Global
  • planning to start a company someday to serve the teaching profession