The Cultural Appropriation of Vivekananda by Indian Americans

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• Review of Nandy et al, “The Blinded Eye”
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• Sardar Patel
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• Set of 4 Articles on Vivekananda & the American Legacy
• Sexuality of a Celibate Life
• Shahrukh and the Shiv Sena
• Shakti [‘Strength’]
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• Shivaji and the Politics of History
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• The Chess Players
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• The Culture of Death in Modern India
• The Dalai Lama’s Laugh
• The Fear of Gandhi
• The Future of Indian Democracy
• The Gandhi Everyone Loves to Hate
• The Gandhi of Tavistock Square
• The Girl-Child in India: Play, Pedagogy, and Promise
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• The Incident of the ‘Crawling Lane’
• THE INDIAN DIASPORA
• The Indian Minority in Malaysia
• The Indus, Ganga and Others Indian Rivers
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• The Love Ballad of Rehman and Todi
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• ИНДИЈА И НЕЈЗИНИТЕ СОСЕДИ
• Індія і її Сусіди
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• Манас: Индия и ее соседи
• Before Vivekananda: Glimpses of Indian Spirituality in 19th Century US
• Reflections on the Indian Diaspora
• Freedom In Chains
• Vivekananda at the World Parliament of Religions
• At Home In Trinidad
• The American Acolytes of Vivekananda
• The Cultural Appropriation of Vivekananda by Indian Americans
• The Future of the Indians in the Diaspora