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…
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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…
Why Congress needs to reach out to Shudra leaders to wrest power from the BJP
Why Congress needs to reach out to Shudra leaders to wrest power from the BJP The BJP managed to win over the support of the marginalised communities by projecting Modi as an OBC leader. Here’s what the grand old party…
Why Kamala Harris for US President: The world must root for this candidate in the US presidential battle
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…
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…