kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his sartorial adventures, but on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 145th birth anniversary on 31 October, he gave his outfit an unusual touch. He wore a panama hat over his standard kurta-churidar while…
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Kamala Harris’ journey from ‘Brahmin’ to Blackhood is rarest of the rare
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd America is a global power. Even though China is trying to challenge the US, it may not succeed in the near future. The world will be governed by American democratic moralism, highly-advanced capitalist wealth and technology for…
Response to Hathras rape case suggests ‘varna’ values are being upheld by state
A Dalit woman’s body and sexuality are of no worth. A Dalit woman is treated as Dalit by the state, even after rape and murder. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The rape and the subsequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in…
Why Haven’t the Shudras Got a Nobel Prize So Far?
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Questions of caste and race In the run up to the American 2020 presidential elections a debate is on about White supremacism. The media there have been grilling President Donald Trump about his position on White supremacism.…
Caste In Heaven: Can Shudras And Dalits Find Moksha In Brahminism? | Countercurrents
Caste Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdI kept watching the funerals of people killed by the brutal coronavirus in the global pandemic of Covid-19 on TV channels and read about them in newspapers. Those dead bodies who are described as Hindu are being…
Bharat Ratna used to be for Congress’ secular Brahmins. Today it’s for BJP’s Hindutva Brahmins
While it’s debatable who deserves India’s highest civilian award, what seems to be working in favour of P.V. Narasimha Rao and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is their caste. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, was instituted to recognise contributions…
Why The Farmers Need English Education? Indian English Day Diary
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Every October 5 is being celebrated as Indian English day by several equal medium education lovers in India. This is 203rd year of the birth of English medium school education in India. The first English medium school…
The Caste Dimensions of Kangana Ranaut’s Onslaught on Bollywood
Kshatriyas, who never took to modernity, are now beginning to assert themselves politically and in the film industry. Sep 22, 2020 | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, Kangana Ranaut’s rebellion against the Shiva Sena government and also the so-called…
How anti-caste activist Kancha Ilaiah’s mother was an inspiration for his rebellion
In this extract from ‘Rebels with a cause: Famous dissenters and why they are not being heard,’ TT Ram Mohan explores anti-caste activist Kancha Ilaiah’s formative years. KANCHA ILAIAH/ FACEBOOKNEWS BOOK EXCERPT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 – 10:52TT Ram Mohan Ilaiah is…
A Black Sister Came, Saw the Older House and Told Us to Pull it Down
An earth shaking book When I was reading Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, even before completing the book I realised that a Black sister had come to our older house of 3,500 years from an old house of…