Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  Congress leader Anand Sharma's recent letter to Mallikarjun Kharge opposing a caste census shows that upper caste leaders from all parties still do not subscribe to ideas of social justice and do not want to share political power with marginalised castes.  Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia Anand Sharma is a senior Congress leader. … Continue reading Why Congress Must Not Go Back on Rahul Gandhi’s Promise of Caste Census, Social Justice 

in India by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd I started my sociopolitical activism as a Marxist in the 1970s and later turned to Ambedkarism in the 1980s. In both these schools of thought we critiqued Mahatma Gandhi as Varna wadi and varga wadi. For the first time in my life I went to Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi lived, … Continue reading Why I Participated In Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra From Mani Bhavan, Mumbai

In India the BJP took the right decision to retire its leaders when they reach 75. But the Congress and other regional parties never bothered about age. A collage of Donald Trump Narendra Modi and Joe Biden  Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 13 Mar 2024 America is the oldest constitutional democracy in the world. It is witnessing … Continue reading Gerontocracy in leadership: From India to US old men aren’t leaving us any wiser 

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6 Mar 2024 It was a unique event where a prime minister, hailing from the OBC community, consecrated the idol of (Ram Lalla) inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. File photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Modi has managed to arm-twist the … Continue reading Priest-PM Modi is ‘Hinduising’ the state and ‘stateising’ the religion