Portrayal of Hindus and Bharat in American Academia
Reasons and Challenges
Children's books play a huge role in character development and bringing positive sense of identity among the children of Indian origin and their friends. However, here are the main challenges when it comes to books on Indian Civilization.
Lack of Authentic Content
There are very few authors in the publishing industry who have a decent understanding of Indian history, culture, symbols, languages, Ayurveda and Yogic ways of living.
One cannot do justice about a subject one doesn't understand. No wonder, books on India and Indian culture are full of negative propaganda influenced by leftist. communist and/or Islamic perspective.
Lack of Main-Stream Publisher
No main-stream publisher in America with industry reach is focusing on uplifting books on Indian culture. This challenge is compounded by lack of financial support to good authors who need money for bringing new titles of good quality books.
Publishing is a capital intensive operation where many authors are unable to function with any long term impact,