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…
Rohith Vemula 1st Death Anniversary: PM Awards VC Appa Rao!
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Monday, January 16,2017 HYDERABAD: The science of killing one’s own student in the ‘laboratory’ if he/she is more brilliant than the teacher himself is a cultural heritage that hangs around Indian universities. This heritage has come through…
50 Days: Is PM Modi A Messiah Or a God?
50 Days: Is PM Modi A Messiah Or a God? KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Friday, December 30,2016 Source After the demonetization surgical strike of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the nation is reeling under starvation, job loss, labour loss and more than…
Caste in Demonetization: Economic Power Shifts
Caste in Demonetization: Economic Power Shifts By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Souce The Demonitarization process set in motion by the first ever strong Hindutva Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has a different economic dimension, which he and his government would…