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Professor Durganand Sinha in his oeuvre of work has provided a disciplinary vision to Indian psychologists to formulate a psychology indigenous to Indian ethos as well as use it to contribute to the building of a universal psychology. This commentary tries to interrogate the challenges that accompany realization of this two-pronged vision. It raises some critical questions about the challenges and possibilities of developing global psychology based on indigenous psychologies.
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Bansal, P. The (Im)possibility of the ‘Royal Road to Global Psychology’. Psychol Stud 69 (Suppl 1), 35–39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-023-00754-2
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