The outcome of 2019 Lok Sabha elections depends on the Shudra realisation of their spiritual and socio-political status in the ‘RSS Hindutva realm’. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Dev Raj Chanana in his book, Slavery in Ancient India, proves that the Shudra varna was…
The Shudras Want Empowerment, Not a Giant Statue of Their Iron Man
The stories of Patel, Gandhi and Nehru are parables of the status of Shudras, Banias and Brahmins in India. File picture of Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar vallbhbhai Patel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Prime Minister Naredra Modi…
Nudge to drop Kancha Ilaiah’s books splits DU
https://m.telegraphindia.com/india/nudge-to-drop-books-splits-du/cid/1672621 ‘The books are about experiences of Dalits and the backward classes and their knowledge system. Those opposing the books want continuation of the cultural hegemony of the Brahminical social order’ ByBasant Kumar Mohantyin New Delhi Published 26.10.18, 1:54 AM Updated 26.10.18,…
ON THE DELHI UNIVERSIT PROPOSAL TO REMOVE MY BOOKS FROM THE SYLLABUS
Press Release The meeting of the Delhi University Standing Committee for Academic Affairs, according to media reports, in its meeting on 24 October, 2018 has recommended to drop teaching of my three books for M.A. Political Science course. The three…
From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual
Share From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual My Memoirs Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – Retired, Director, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad Other Titles in: Cultural Studies | History | Sociology November 2018 | 372 pages…
Sabarimala: Why BJP wants to ’empower’ Muslim women but is against equal rights for its Hindu daughters
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd @DailyO_ | 2018-10-18 14:31:52 Right-wing forces are mobilising women against women’s right to spiritual equality in Hinduism. Despite their sharp differences, one thing that unites radical Hindu men and Muslim male fundamentalists is their opposition to gender equality…