By Jit Majumdar
- the radiant lion; a lion like the Sun
- the king or master that is the Sun
- the nom de plume of the great Bengali poet, songwriter, author, philosopher, educationist and artist of the 19th century, Rabīndranāth Ţhākur.
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 expose the correspondence between textbooks and the colonial-racist discourse. This racist discourse 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. |
By Jit Majumdar