in Annihilate Caste — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd India is a nation of second largest population in the world. China is the first largest populated nation with a land size bigger than India. India’s population according to 2011 census was 1210.2 million and China’s…
Why the Farmers Were Left With No Choice But to Protest
KANCHA ILLAIAH SHEPHERD Good that the farmers are fighting for their right to dignified living by facing the Delhi powers. The ruling establishment is trying to ensure that monopoly capitalists become global rich capitalists by robbing the farmers across the…
G. Sampath reviews Why I am Not a Hindu Woman, by Wandana Sonalkar – The Hindu
Why I am Not a Hindu Woman’ review: The ‘othering’ of women, Dalits and savarna trauma G. SampathNOVEMBER 28, 2020 16:54 ISTUPDATED: NOVEMBER 29, 2020 08:00 IST Drawing on lived experience, Wandana Sonalkar explains the concerns about Hinduism as it is…
Another Look at India’s Books: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s “Why I Am Not a Hindu” – Los Angeles Review of Books
By: SAIKAT MAJUMDAR NOVEMBER 25, 2020 In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention. Over the last few decades in India, a denuded secular public sphere has been besieged by a sharply militarized Hinduism. Books…
Does Politics Lurk Behind the Hats PM Modi Wears? | NewsClick
kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his sartorial adventures, but on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 145th birth anniversary on 31 October, he gave his outfit an unusual touch. He wore a panama hat over his standard kurta-churidar while…
Kamala Harris’ journey from ‘Brahmin’ to Blackhood is rarest of the rare
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd America is a global power. Even though China is trying to challenge the US, it may not succeed in the near future. The world will be governed by American democratic moralism, highly-advanced capitalist wealth and technology for…