The fear of ideas Indian Express The long winter of intolerance shows no signs of thawing. The script remains the same: Offence, weaponised, is ranged against ideas and intellectuals. The latest to be threatened with death and violence is academic and…
Interview – If govt can’t protect (me), other intellectuals not safe in country: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Threatened over translated writings, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd discusses caste system and his work with Indian Express. Written by Amrita Dutta | New Delhi Indian Express Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has faced death threats, abuse and criticism from some members of the Arya Vysa community…
Why are we silent on the grave threat to Kancha Ilaiah?
Written by Vidya Bhushan Rawat The professor must be provided all the security that he needs and those threatening to kill him must be prosecuted. Professor Kancha Ilaiah While it is nobody’s suggestion that India was a tolerant land some three…
My Statement after Parkala Attack Yesterday
PRESS RELEASE As I and Dr. Bheenaveni Ramaiah (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Osmania University), one of my relatives, my Driver narrowly missed a major murderous attack at Parakal, Bhupalpally district on 23/9/2017 by the Arya-Vysya forces at 4.45 pm. In…
DEATH FATWA TO KILL KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD BY TDP MP T.G VENKATESH
T.G. Venaktesh, an extremist Arya Vysya leader held a press conference on 18/9/2017 in a luxury hotel in Hyderabad with an extremist, conspitorial Arya Vysya team and declared a Fatwa on me that he would kill or hang in the…
WHAT IS SOCIAL SMUGGLING?
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…