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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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Talk:M Madhava Prasad

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Renuka Joshi


M. Madhava Prasad is a Professor of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages at The University, Hyderabad as of May 29, 2023.[1] [2] According to his university profile, he has published widely on cinema, culture, society, and politics in India.

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 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 in 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."[3]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Cine-Politics: Film Stars and Political Existence in South India." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021,
  2. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Darshan(A)." Efluniversity, Jan. 2021,
  3. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Fan Bhakti and Subaltern Sovereignty: Enthusiasm as a Political Factor." Efluniversity, Oct. 2010,
  4. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction. OUP 1998." Efluniversity, Apr. 2014,
  5. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Melodramatic Polities?" Efluniversity, June 2014, www.academia.edu/485971/Melodramatic_polities.
  6. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Political Subjects, National Identities." Efluniversity, Apr. 2014.
  7. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Popular Culture and Cultural Studies." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021.
  8. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Realism and Fantasy in Representations of Metropolitan Life in Indian Cinema." Efluniversity, June 2014
  9. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Satyajit Ray: A Revaluation." Efluniversity, July 2022
  10. Prasad, M. Madhava. "The State and Culture: Hindi Cinema in the Passive Revolution." Efluniversity, Jan. 1994
  11. Prasad, M. Madhava. "The Struggle to Represent and Sartorial Modernity: On a Visual Dimension of Indian Nationalist Politics." Efluniversity, Jan. 2014,
  12. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Two Keywords for South Asia: English and Translation." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021,
  13. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Where Does the Forest Begin?" Efluniversity, May 2017

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Madhava Prasad Stanford Humanities center profile, accessed May 29, 2023
  2. ↑ M Madhava Prasad Academia profile, accessed May 29, 2023
  3. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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