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Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, draws important lessons from Jonathan Haidt’s recent book, ‘The Anxious Generation,’ in which the author warns us of the direct negative impact of smartphone use by teenagers on the mental health of American teens. Vamsee Juluri explains how India is likely to follow [...]

Professor Vamsee’s Video Series Introduces Media Studies to Everyone   Hindus who want to effectively fight Hinduphobia should realize that a lot of armchair Hindu activists simply swing between complaining about how the media is lying about Hinduism and then suddenly falling flat for the occasional flattery from the same Hinduphobes that pats Hindus on the [...]

6 sessions on April 16, 6- 7 PM -India Standard Time (IST) guided  by @vamseejuluri Professor of Media Studies at the University of SanFrancisco We welcome anyone who is curious and eager to learn. Participants need to have their copy of the book “1984” as a reference, and the ability/interest to read the book. This [...]

when it comes to India, that white messiah complex is not just dominant, but the prevailing narrative. Just like the missionary David Livingstone who spoke of coming from a superior race to uplift heathen Africa with the Bible, this White Man’s Burden is the only allowed narrative with regards to Hindus. While the racist Hamitic [...]

The election of Narendra Modi as the choice for millions in the world’s largest democracy is a bit galling to those whose concept of ‘democratic’ resembles Lenin’s armed force against the elected government of Alexander Kerensky in revolutionary Russia. Yet even before Modi’s election in what proved to be a pivotal moment in Indian democracy [...]