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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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Vaiṣṇava Bhāgavata

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Purāṇas are the most popular literature, especially among the masses. Out of the 18 major purāṇas, Bhāgavata is an important work. But, there are two Bhāgavatas extant, one dealing with the supremacy of the Devī, Śaktī or the Divine Mother, and the other with that of Viṣṇu. The former is called Devl-bhāgavata and the latter is just called Bhāgavata. However, to distinguish the latter from the former, an appellation ‘Vaiṣṇava’ is sometimes added, making it the Vaiṣṇava Bhāgavata. It is the latter that is generally classed among the 18 major purāṇas.


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  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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