Before the election campaign of 2014, Jawaharlal Nehru was in danger of being forgotten by ordinary Indians. Even the Congress was not using his photo in the elections as often as they were using images of Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi…
Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools
Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —November 12, 2019 The Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy Government recently issued orders for implementation of English medium in Government schools from the academic…
Andhra Pradesh’s New Education Policy Could Create Lasting Structural Changes
In a two-pronged approach, the state is providing financial assistance to mothers of school-going children and changing the language of instruction in government schools to English.
BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education
BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education Whom exactly does Amit Shah want to impose the learning of Hindi on in south India and the northeast? Clearly, this proposal is only applicable to poor children in villages who…
OPINION: Food-related lynchings have roots in Gandhi’s vegetarian nationalism – The Week
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…
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.…