Why Kamala Harris for US President: The world must root for this candidate in the US presidential battle Kamala Harris has made her racial identity central to her campaign. Like Barack Obama, she shows both audacity and hope. The world…
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Gandhi was not a caste abolitionist: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – The Week
Gandhi was not a caste abolitionist: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Dalit-bahujan youth see Gandhi as a figure of past; Ambedkar as figure of the future By Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdJune 22, 2019 15:05 IST Broken idol: Gandhi collecting donations for harijan fund…
Dear Indian intellectuals, we are not fools: Faux regional language lovers closed the poor’s access to English for years
Dear Indian intellectuals, we are not fools: Faux regional language lovers closed the poor’s access to English for years But politicians like Jagan Reddy have sensed the yearning among the masses for English medium instruction and will provide this, despite…
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd – Firstpost
India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Jun 17, 2019 11:09:07 IST Nationalism survives in an environment of livability. It survives around a common national education and the…
Skipping The Biggest Lesson: BJP’s draft National Education Policy tries to compete with madrasas, misses crucial learning
Skipping The Biggest Lesson: BJP’s draft National Education Policy tries to compete with madrasas, misses crucial learning The policy pays no attention to teaching children the dignity of labour. This lesson is a must though for any society which wants…
PM Modi, what about this dynasty? Yes, Modi hit out at the privileged ‘Khan Market gang’
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful statement just before the election — that the ‘Khan Market gang’ did not build his image. He said the days of ‘the gang’ were over. In my view, he is…
If caste is about experience, PM Modi has never spoken about discrimination he faced on account of his birth | The Indian Express
There is a saying in English: “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear almost any ‘how’.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to occupy the highest position without answering any why and how. But the citizens have a right…
By Karma and God’s Grace: Why Hindutva economics never discusses poverty or the poor
WHY HINDUTVA PHILOSOPHY NEVER DISCUSSES POVERTY Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Does Hindutva’s ideology allow any anti-poverty agenda in any mode of its functioning? Do any of its core ideological texts, written by any of its ideologues, at any phase of their…
Finally, dignity of trade: Why Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘doodhwala’ vs Modi’s ‘chaiwala’ rhetoric offers hope in a post-Hindu caste world
Tejaswi Yadav calling Modi ‘nakli OBC’ and Akhilesh calling himself a real ‘doodhwala’ shows India is finally shaking off the shame associated with caste and talking about the nobility of labour. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections have opened up many…
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd And The Loneliness Of A Bahujan Academic | HuffPost India
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. By Vijeta Kumar…