Indian democracy and Ambedkar have almost became synonymous. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Yesterday · 09:00 am In recent weeks, there has been a demand for the new Parliament building being constructed on the revamped Central Vista in New Delhi to be…
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Modi govt’s Hyderabad ‘Liberation’ Day reopens old wounds. KCR’s ‘Integration’ wiser approach
The critical difference between the ‘integration’ and ‘liberation approach’ is that the latter is designed to provoke the 15 per cent Muslim population of Telangana. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 12 September, 2022 08:41 am IST File photo of Telangana Chief Minister…
Who are the True Founding Fathers and Mothers of Indian Democracy? | The India Forum
“The true founders of Indian democracy” FORUM Who are the True Founding Fathers and Mothers of Indian Democracy? India’s founding fathers and mothers contributed in multiple ways to the establishment of democracy in the country. Some of those mentioned by…
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd And The Loneliness Of A Bahujan Academic
There are many moments in Ilaiah’s memoir, ‘From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual’, that speak to anyone looking to sustain a life of reading and writing. Vijeta Kumar Apr 19, 2019, 10:54 PM EDT A young Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd…
Why Amit Shah’s push for regional language-based higher education is a deceptive game
By asking the rural masses to educate their children in regional languages, Amit Shah wants to put them in their classic place of language disadvantage, writes Kancha Ilaiah. VOICES OPINION THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 – 10:54 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Until not so…
Independent India in 75 Years Has Not Fulfilled All Expectations of the Dalitbahujan
Caste The future of India and its people of all castes and communities now depends on the survival of the Constitution in its present form. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Photo: PTI As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary…
How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes about imagining the nation and the flag not in terms of who were or are in power – Nehru and Modi – but in terms of the philosophers and leaders – Phule and Ambedkar – who…
Anti-CAA to farmer protests—India’s productive masses are giving real meaning to Tiranga
Only a few other movements in the last 75 years of Independent India have held the national flag as dear as Dalits, Shudras, Adivasis did. It’s a new landmark. An elderly woman at a protest site with the Indian national…
A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India
A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India Rishi Sunak’s candidature for prime minister shows us how truly unenlightened the ‘world’s largest democracy’ is. Britain’s Rishi Sunak meets Tory members at Fontwell Park Racecourse as part of his campaign to…
From Draupadi Pandava to Droupadi Murmu | Forward Press
Without the Mandal struggle, the RSS-BJP, known as the Brahmin-Bania network, would not have chosen her as the presidential candidate. The Congress and the Left, frozen in Brahmanism as they are, have given the RSS-BJP a historical advantage, writes Kancha…