Before the election campaign of 2014, Jawaharlal Nehru was in danger of being forgotten by ordinary Indians. Even the Congress was not using his photo in the elections as often as they were using images of Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi…
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Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools
Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —November 12, 2019 The Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy Government recently issued orders for implementation of English medium in Government schools from the academic…
Andhra Pradesh’s New Education Policy Could Create Lasting Structural Changes
In a two-pronged approach, the state is providing financial assistance to mothers of school-going children and changing the language of instruction in government schools to English.
BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education
BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education Whom exactly does Amit Shah want to impose the learning of Hindi on in south India and the northeast? Clearly, this proposal is only applicable to poor children in villages who…
OPINION: Food-related lynchings have roots in Gandhi’s vegetarian nationalism – The Week
OPINION: Food-related lynchings have roots in Gandhi’s vegetarian nationalism ‘Gandhi defined Hinduism as a vegetarian religion and India a vegetarian nation’ By Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdOctober 01, 2019 14:31 IST Kancha Ilaiah, Mahatma Gandhi How do we assess Mahatma Gandhi on…
Christian Women better educated
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd It was a pleasant surprise last week to come across a news report about the findings of a survey done by what was described as a ‘RSS think tank’ on the status of women in India.…
Prof Kancha’s Interview at Institute for South Asia Studies
Prof. Kancha Ilaiah to Deliver Keynote Speech at Ambedkar-King Conference in USA – TwoCircles.net
Image source: Hindustan times August 12. Cupertino, California, USA | TCN Staff Indian political theorist and academic Prof. Kancha Ilaiah has been confirmed as the chief guest and key note speaker for the 2ndAmbedkar King Study Circle Annual Conference 2019…
Don’t get distracted by love, focus on studies: Ilaiah – The Hindu
Don’t get distracted by love, focus on studies: Ilaiah He advises students to gain intellectual capabilities Academic and writer Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd advised university students and scholars to steer clear of unsuccessful love affairs between dominant and oppressed castes and…
A New Cast | The Indian Express
A Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, Raja now becomes the first Dalit leader to be the general Secretary of a mainstream party in India. (File) The elevation of D Raja to General Secretary of the Communist Party of India…