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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.


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.

Talk:Ameet Parameswaran

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Renuka Joshi


Ameet Parameswaran is an Assistant Professor at the School of Arts & Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University as of April 19, 2023.[1] According to his university profile,his key areas of research interest include neoliberalism, regional studies, performance theory, political theatre, and performance.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, or the Indian Government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference as an academic and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Parameswaran, Ameet. Affirmation and Disidentification. Performance Research, vol. 19, no. 2, Routledge, June 2014, pp. 54-62. DOI: 10.1080/13528165.2014.928517.
  2. Parameswaran, Ameet. Performance and the Political: Power and Pleasure in Contemporary Kerala. JNU, Apr. 2017,
  3. Parameswaran, Ameet. Performance, Protest, and the Intimate-Public. JNU, Jan. 2016.
  4. Parameswaran, Ameet. Spaces of Appearance, Politics of Exposure: Queer Publics, Sexual Justice and Activism in Eastern Europe and India. JNU, Nov. 2017, www.academia.edu/35300367/Spaces_of_Appearance_Politics_of_Exposure_Queer_Publics_Sexual_Justice_and_Activism_in_Eastern_Europe_and_India.
  5. Parameswaran, Ameet. Theatricality, Sovereignty, and Resistance. JNU, July 2022.
  6. Parameswaran, Ameet. Zooësis and 'Becoming With' in India: The 'Figure' of Elephant in Sahyande Makan: The Elephant Project. Theatre Research International, vol. 39, no. 1, Cambridge UP, Mar. 2014, pp. 5-19. DOI: 10.1017/s0307883313000515.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Ameet Parameswaran JNU Profile, accessed April 19, 2023
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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