Why Kamala Harris for US President: The world must root for this candidate in the US presidential battle Kamala Harris has made her racial identity central to her campaign. Like Barack Obama, she shows both audacity and hope. The world…
Gandhi was not a caste abolitionist: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – The Week
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Dear Indian intellectuals, we are not fools: Faux regional language lovers closed the poor’s access to English for years
Dear Indian intellectuals, we are not fools: Faux regional language lovers closed the poor’s access to English for years But politicians like Jagan Reddy have sensed the yearning among the masses for English medium instruction and will provide this, despite…
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – Firstpost
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Jun 17, 2019 11:09:07 IST Nationalism survives in an environment of livability. It survives around a common national education and the…
Skipping The Biggest Lesson: BJP’s draft National Education Policy tries to compete with madrasas, misses crucial learning
Skipping The Biggest Lesson: BJP’s draft National Education Policy tries to compete with madrasas, misses crucial learning The policy pays no attention to teaching children the dignity of labour. This lesson is a must though for any society which wants…
PM Modi, what about this dynasty? Yes, Modi hit out at the privileged ‘Khan Market gang’
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful statement just before the election — that the ‘Khan Market gang’ did not build his image. He said the days of ‘the gang’ were over. In my view, he is…