kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his sartorial adventures, but on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 145th birth anniversary on 31 October, he gave his outfit an unusual touch. He wore a panama hat over his standard kurta-churidar while…
Kamala Harris’ journey from ‘Brahmin’ to Blackhood is rarest of the rare
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd America is a global power. Even though China is trying to challenge the US, it may not succeed in the near future. The world will be governed by American democratic moralism, highly-advanced capitalist wealth and technology for…
Response to Hathras rape case suggests ‘varna’ values are being upheld by state
A Dalit woman’s body and sexuality are of no worth. A Dalit woman is treated as Dalit by the state, even after rape and murder. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The rape and the subsequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in…
Why Haven’t the Shudras Got a Nobel Prize So Far?
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Questions of caste and race In the run up to the American 2020 presidential elections a debate is on about White supremacism. The media there have been grilling President Donald Trump about his position on White supremacism.…
Caste In Heaven: Can Shudras And Dalits Find Moksha In Brahminism? | Countercurrents
Caste Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdI kept watching the funerals of people killed by the brutal coronavirus in the global pandemic of Covid-19 on TV channels and read about them in newspapers. Those dead bodies who are described as Hindu are being…
Bharat Ratna used to be for Congress’ secular Brahmins. Today it’s for BJP’s Hindutva Brahmins
While it’s debatable who deserves India’s highest civilian award, what seems to be working in favour of P.V. Narasimha Rao and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is their caste. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, was instituted to recognise contributions…