A politics based on democratic welfarism could offer a political alternative. The Bahujan Left Front in Telangana comprising communists and Ambedkarites may show the way. Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Updated: April 24, 2018 12:06:00 am Indian Express Last…
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Making Sense of Dalit Spring in Hindi Heart Land
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source India Today (April 2, 2018, Page 28) The April 2 Bharat Bandh, organised by non-political Dalit groups, has revealed a new capacity for mobilisation among the historically oppressed community in the Hindi heartland.Their fight to…
Exception makes the rule
Apex court verdict will make the SC/ST Atrocities Act toothless, roll back social transformation Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source The verdict of the Supreme Court’s two-judge bench stating that the SC/ST Atrocities Act 1989 is being misused — and…
To Be or Not to Be
In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of Hindutva Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source Shashi Tharoor’s latest book,…
T-MASS: A New Experiment In Ambedkarite-Marxist Alliance
In Annihilate Caste by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —January 31, 2018 The newly formed organization popularly called T-MASS is a registered organization under the Telangana Government’s Registration Act with a name “Telangana Mass and Social Organizations”. Under its broad umbrella many Ambedkarist, Phuleite,…
The Government’s Elaborate Nationalist Charade
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Published on: November 9, 2017 Dr. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, a political theorist and Dalit Rights activist has been in the eye of the storm ever since the Telugu translation of his book Post Hindu India…
‘Modi and Shah are more chatur than Gandhi’
Shobha Warrier / Rediff.com ‘This is the first time a majority ruling government is nominating a Dalit for President.’ ‘So, the moral credibility definitely will go with the BJP, particularly Narendra Modi.’ IMAGE: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd believes that the Modi-Shah…
Response to How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
In 1999 Romila Thapar wrote disagreeing with the Aryan migration Theory used by Mahtma Phule and Prof. Kancha Ilaiah. This is what she said then. Now Tony Joseph has proved that even she was wrong with systematic genetic DNA study. …
Hyper-nationalism does not allow critical engagement; it shows anything critical of ruling party as anti-national
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Source: The Hindu Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) presented Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, the discourse on nationalism has changed. It has become hyper. The party began by telling people through various…
I Am A Black South Indian Who Tamed the Black Buffalo
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Monday, April 10,2017 HYDERABAD: One of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologues—Tarun Vijay—said on an International TV channe, ’“If we were racist, why would we have the entire south, which is complete, you know, Tamil, you know Kerala,…