Many wanted Congress to focus on secularism, diversity and pluralism. But party has realised that the Shudra/OBC/Dalit/Adivasi aren’t interested in these abstract ideas. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://theprint.in/opinion/for-long-congress-wavered-on-social-justice-now-its-waking-up-to-bjps-obc-politics/960447/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the Nav Sankalp Chintan…
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Public intellectuals must end their hypocrisy on English education for the masses
In a closed-door meeting with public intellectuals, Rahul Gandhi told me he’s not opposed to English medium education in government schools. But surprisingly, a Left intellectual disagreed. COURTESY: PTI. IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATION. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Public intellectuals play a very…
An Open Letter To Muslims And Christians Of India
by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd As some of you are aware, I am a Shudra intellectual and activist, working and writing to change the unequal conditions of the Dalits, Adivasis and Shudras (including the Other Backward Classes) in the Indian Brahminic Hindutva rule.…
Social Reform in India and the Intellectual Rebellion of Women
Social Reform in India and the Intellectual Rebellion of WomenTwo recent books by Brahmin women intellectuals strike at the root of the caste-based order by exposing how it operates within their families, from where it spreads to the rest of…
How Arun Shourie was wrong about VP Singh, Narendra Modi – and BR Ambedkar
The BJP leader stridently opposed reservations, only for the Mandal Commission report to be implemented. He pinned his hopes on 2014, only to be sidelined again Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd In recent weeks, with the release of his new book, former…
The Christian Schools And Brahmin Women
Share: Share onWhatsAppShare onFacebookShare onTwitterShare onTelegramShare onRedditShare onEmail In 1971 , when I left school, I was sure that I was opting out of the traditional Brahmin world–it was too burdensome for a woman to carry that cross. Gita Ramaswamy…
India’s Brahmin, Baniya profited from English. BJP-RSS want to deny that to Dalit, Adivasis
First Brahmins benefited from the pro-English agitations of Tamil people. Now Amit Shah’s agenda is harming Shudra/Dalit/Adivasi global job prospects. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint The Rashtriya…
How English Language Initiated the Idea of Nationalism in India | NewsClick
India got Mahatma Jotirao Phule, Savitribai Phule and BR Ambedkar, the first Shudra and Dalit intellectuals, only after their communities could access English medium schools. kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 01 Apr 2022 India got consciously organised no earlier than from the…
Mayawati & BSP’s political ‘evaporation’ certain. Blame it on shift to ‘Sarvajan Samaj’ in 2007
Changing Kanshi Ram’s fundamental slogan of ‘Bahujan Samaj’ to ‘Sarvajan Samaj’ has cost Mayawati and BSP. UP and Punjab election results were expected. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://theprint.in/opinion/mayawati-bsps-political-evaporation-certain-blame-it-on-shift-to-sarvajan-samaj-in-2007/875933/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 File photo of BSP chief Mayawati | PTI In the recent Uttar Pradesh…
The Russian Orthodox Church And The World Crisis
in World — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Extreme religious or anti-religious engagement of the ruling political forces in modern times would have serious negative consequences for the society as whole and the state apparatus. The Russian experience shows this very clearly. The communist phase of…