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…
‘Modi and Shah are more chatur than Gandhi’
Shobha Warrier / Rediff.com ‘This is the first time a majority ruling government is nominating a Dalit for President.’ ‘So, the moral credibility definitely will go with the BJP, particularly Narendra Modi.’ IMAGE: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd believes that the Modi-Shah…
Response to How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
In 1999 Romila Thapar wrote disagreeing with the Aryan migration Theory used by Mahtma Phule and Prof. Kancha Ilaiah. This is what she said then. Now Tony Joseph has proved that even she was wrong with systematic genetic DNA study. …
Hyper-nationalism does not allow critical engagement; it shows anything critical of ruling party as anti-national
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Source: The Hindu Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) presented Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, the discourse on nationalism has changed. It has become hyper. The party began by telling people through various…
I Am A Black South Indian Who Tamed the Black Buffalo
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Monday, April 10,2017 HYDERABAD: One of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologues—Tarun Vijay—said on an International TV channe, ’“If we were racist, why would we have the entire south, which is complete, you know, Tamil, you know Kerala,…
WORSHIPPING THE WORD MOVEMENT
WORSHIPPING THE WORD MOVEMENT By Prof. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Worshipping the word is a movement that needs to strike its roots in Indian culture. Historically India is a country, wherein the Adivasis and Dalitbahujans, who constitute more than 85 per…