A politics based on democratic welfarism could offer a political alternative. The Bahujan Left Front in Telangana comprising communists and Ambedkarites may show the way. Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Updated: April 24, 2018 12:06:00 am Indian Express Last…
Making Sense of Dalit Spring in Hindi Heart Land
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source India Today (April 2, 2018, Page 28) The April 2 Bharat Bandh, organised by non-political Dalit groups, has revealed a new capacity for mobilisation among the historically oppressed community in the Hindi heartland.Their fight to…
Exception makes the rule
Apex court verdict will make the SC/ST Atrocities Act toothless, roll back social transformation Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source The verdict of the Supreme Court’s two-judge bench stating that the SC/ST Atrocities Act 1989 is being misused — and…
To Be or Not to Be
In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of Hindutva Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source Shashi Tharoor’s latest book,…
T-MASS: A New Experiment In Ambedkarite-Marxist Alliance
In Annihilate Caste by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —January 31, 2018 The newly formed organization popularly called T-MASS is a registered organization under the Telangana Government’s Registration Act with a name “Telangana Mass and Social Organizations”. Under its broad umbrella many Ambedkarist, Phuleite,…
‘If You are Afraid, How Will You Build a Good Social Science? says Prof Kancha Ilaiah
Interview By Hafeesha TB Social scientist Kancha Ilaiah talks of the row over his recent Telugu book ‘Saamajika Smugglerlu Kommatollu’ and other controversies he has faced. Writer and social scientist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has been at the heart of a…