by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Usaa Barber (Uppumavuluri Sambashivarao) (1951-2020)- a well-known social reformer, anti-caste ideologue and anti-brahminism fighter succumbed to COVID-19 on 25th July 2020. He died because of the Indian medical system that could not reach to a stage where…
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Macaulay Is Very Relevant Today and Helps Dalits, OBCs Join the Global Economy
The new education policy’s proposal to reduce the importance of English in schools will hinder progress. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) lived in India just for four years, from 1834 to 1838. Yet he left unerasable footprints on…
How anti-caste activist Usaa left strong footprints on the soil of Telugu states
U Sambasiva Rao’s legacy as a revolutionary, a human rights defender, and an anti-caste ideologue will live on, Kancha Ilaiah writes. NEWS OBITUARY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 – 13:46Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd U Sambasiva Rao (1950-2020) — popularly known as Usaa, passed away…
Agriculturalism And Hindutva
in Life/Philosophy — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — July 24, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare0 In China there was a philosophical school called Agriculturism between 770 BCE and 221 BCE. The main philosopher, who represented this school with a sophisticated exposition of that philosophy, was Xu Xing (372-289 BCE). His…
Only if they Learn English can OBCs Take Advantage of Reservation | NewsClick
Only if they Learn English can OBCs Take Advantage of ReservationReservation is a crutch but English-medium education could have been their leg.Pragya Singh15 Jul 2020 On the 30th anniversary of reservations for backward classes, the well-known social scientist, writer and…
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – India News , Firstpost
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Our political life, lived around only village panchayats before 1950, is now connected to a larger constitutional democracy. In the future, this nationalist view will…
India Needs High Jump, Not Yoga To Win War With China
in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — July 13, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare48 War between India and China is on the cards. Though there is a retreat on both sides for the time being there is every possibility that war would break out any time in future. Unlike…
Why Telangana Must Start Trend for Decentralised Capitals | NewsClick
Why Telangana Must Start Trend for Decentralised Capitals A post-Covid world needs a futuristic vision of decentralised institutions, administrative structures and industries. kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 09 Jul 2020 Telangana old secretariat building being demolished. | Image Courtesy: The Hindu The…
Differently Twice Born
in Book Review — by Kaki Madhava Rao — June 30, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare10 Kancha Ilaiaha Shepherd’s first book, Why I am not Hindu, published in 1996′ made waves both in India and abroad. Having read that book and his subsequent books, Post Hindu India and Turning the Pot…
Early India, Goats And Brahmins
in Book Review — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — June 26, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare19 I met Tony Joseph, the author of Early Indians – the History of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From[1], first in Jaipur Literature Festival in 2019 and next at Mathrubhoomi Literature Festival in January, 2020 at…