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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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Adhikaraṇa

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Adhikaraa literally means ‘ground or support’.

The word is generally used in the sense of a base, ground or support. For instance, in the phrase: ‘This is a blue lotus with a sweet smell,’ the lotus flower forms the ‘adhikaraṇa’ for the blue color and the sweet smell.

In the Mimāmsā philosophy, it is used as a technical term and indicates the section of a work dealing with a particular topic. It consists of five parts :

  • Viṣaya - subject of discussion
  • Viśaya or sarnśaya - doubt
  • Pṅrvapakṣa - prima facie view
  • Uttara - Answer
  • Siddhānta or Nirṇaya - final conclusion

References[edit]

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

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