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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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Veśyā

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Veśyā literally means ‘one who lives by selling her body’.

Veśyās, prostitutes and concubines, have existed from ancient times in all the societies of the world. While recognizing their existence as a necessary evil in the society, the dharmaśāstras have made some specific rules for their maintenance and protection. Prostitution seems to have been established as an institution even in the Mahābhārata[1] period.


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  1. ↑ Mahābhārata Udyogaparva 151.58
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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