Since caste was around before Islam arrived, how did Muslim clerics, scholars and rulers view it? After Islam came to India, the only writer who discussed the caste question was Alberuni in the 11th century Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The dais…
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Why Some Telugu Groups in America are Opposed to Providing English Education to the Poor in Andhra? – American Kahani
BY KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD DECEMBER 31, 2022 “Kuvempu took the knowledge that English had to offer while also delivering a blistering critique of the language as a vehicle of colonialism. If it were not for English, he would have been condemned…
Not just BJP, Left has also kept masses away from English education – The Federal
Communist leaders preach and practise exactly what the Sangh Parivar leaders do — English medium for the netas and regional language education for the masses Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6:30 AM, 27 December, 2022 State governments should take steps to shift…
Indian education wedged a huge Hindi vs English class system. Only Rahul Gandhi can break it
From Nehru to Amit Shah, Indian leaders have been hypocrites toward English medium education. Congress must encourage all to adopt English as the national language. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 23 December, 2022 11:14 am IST https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://theprint.in/opinion/indian-education-wedged-a-huge-hindi-vs-english-class-system-only-rahul-gandhi-can-break-it/1278345/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 Delhi government school student defines…
The Anti-Caste Pen Force
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd One who practices caste is a devilThat devil has to be driven out of IndiaIndia must be made a country of equality. The tiller must sow the letters of EnglishOur soil must become a global knowledge powerCaste…
ईडब्ल्यूएस आरक्षण : अदालतों में अनेकानेक आंबेडकर की दरकार – Forward Press
एक मत यह है कि संविधान में संशोधन कर उसमें जाति-आधारित भेदभाव से निपटने के लिए उपयुक्त प्रावधान जोड़े जाना इस दलदल से बाहर निकलने का एकमात्र तरीका है। लेकिन इसके लिए नागरिक समाज व विधिक और बौद्धिक क्षेत्रों में…
We need Ambedkars in court to take on EWS reservation – Forward Press
A strong view is that an amendment to the Constitution that incorporates a provision for addressing caste-based discrimination meaningfully is the way only out of this quagmire. For that, a strong movement both in civil society and in legal and…
‘Why I walked with Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra’
With all his visibility, Rahul has to become a leader and visionary with a new moral grit to fight the RSS/BJP and revive the Congress. He cannot do that as PM candidate. I wanted to see whether a new Rahul…
Why Bharat Jodo Yatra should not be seen in terms of immediate votes
Congress, with a moral leader within, should work to undo the fear-generating atmosphere created in the recent past; after all, RSS-BJP remained outside power till the 1990s and spread their ideology before becoming all-powerful Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6:30 AM, 6…
Why Shashi Tharoor is not fit to take over the reins of the Congress party
Tharoor comes from a Shudra (Nair) community but wrote his book ‘Why I am a Hindu’ as if he was a dissident within the Sangh Parivar Hinduism and not as a leader with his feet firmly planted in Congress history,…