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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.

Vaṇīvilāsa Press, Śrīrañgam

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

When Saccidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsimha Bhāratī,[1] the 33rd pontiff of the Śāradā Matha of Sṛñgeri, discovered Kāladi in Kerala State as the birth-place of Śaṅkara,[2] he made all the arrangements to acquire the land and develop a monastic center there. It was his earnest desire that someone should take the responsibility of collecting all the works of Śaṅkara and bring them out in print.

This task was entrusted to T. K. Bālasubrahmaṇya Aiyar[3] who, with super-human efforts started the Vāṇivilāsa Press at Śrīraṅgam in A. D. 1904. After collecting thousands of manuscripts of Śankara’s works, he successfully brought out over the years, the entire series under the general title Śrī Sankara Granthāvalih. The books have been out of print for a long time. They have now been reprinted by the Samata books of Chennai.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ He lived in A. D. 1858-1912.
  2. ↑ He lived in A. D. 788-820.
  3. ↑ He lived in A. D. 1874-1947.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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