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St. Devasahayam’s Caste, Crucifixion And His Resurrection As A Global Shudra Saint
by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The canonization of the first ever layman of India, Devasahayam, or Lazarus (1712–1752) as saint, on the lines of Mother Theresa or on the lines of St.Peter, by the Vatican on 15 May, 2022 is historic in…
JNU’s VC is Celebrating ‘Herstory’ With Men, a ‘Civilisation State’ With No Rights
If the OBCs, Dalits and Adivasis were to follow Santishree Dhuilipudi Pandit, they would have to give up the agenda of social justice and forget about the rights recognised in the constitution. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit. Photo: Facebook…
For long, Congress wavered on social justice. Now it’s waking up to BJP’s OBC politics
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…
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…