Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children is now freely available.
Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Book Cover.webp

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.

Sudāma

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Sudāma or Śridāma was a poor brāhmaṇa boy. He was a classmate and an intimate friend of Kṛṣṇa in the gurukula[1] of the sage Sāndīpani. Since he used to wear bad and worn out clothes, he was also called Kucela. After marriage, he and his big family used to suffer much due to poverty. At the insistence of his wife, he went to Dvārakā to see Kṛṣṇa and beg some wealth from him. He had carried with him some flattened rice for Kṛṣṇa as an offering. When Kṛṣna ate a handful of the same, his house at his village was transformed into a palatial mansion with plenty of wealth. He is cited as an example of sākhya-bhakti.[2][3]


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Gurukula means forest academy.
  2. ↑ Sākhya bhakti means devotion to God as a friend.
  3. ↑ Bhāgavata 10.80 and 81
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Deval Sancheti

Explore Other Articles

Retrieved from "https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Sudāma&oldid=116794"