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‘Maybe they wanted it to be a mob lynching’

Interview with Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, writer and political observer. By KUNAL SHANKAR Frontline THE noted writer and political observer Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, who is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at…

Times’ Interview on Kancha’s Social Smuggler

Living under house arrest, I’m losing hope in democracy and free speech, says Kancha Ilaiah Amulya Gopalakrishnan | TNN  Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Social scientist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has been facing heat from the arya vysyas, who have taken offence at his analysis…

Editorial Note – The Fear of Ideas

The fear of ideas Indian Express The long winter of intolerance shows no signs of thawing. The script remains the same: Offence, weaponised, is ranged against ideas and intellectuals. The latest to be threatened with death and violence is academic and…

Why are we silent on the grave threat to Kancha Ilaiah?

Written by Vidya Bhushan Rawat The professor must be provided all the security that he needs and those threatening to kill him must be prosecuted. Professor Kancha Ilaiah While it is nobody’s suggestion that India was a tolerant land some three…

WHAT IS SOCIAL SMUGGLING?

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The concept Social Smuggling I coined in my book Post-Hindu India (Sage 2009) has generated a law and order issue, created by the Arya Vysya organizations of the two Telugu States. The Vysya Associations have issued…