Reservation System Has Given the Oppressed-Caste Youth The Hope That Change Is Slowly On the Way: Kancha Ilaiah

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Published at: 14 August 2026 12:29 am The reservation system has given the oppressed-caste youth the hope that change, though slow, is on the way Guiding Light: Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations at the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, Noida Photo: Vikram Sharma As a tool of transformation of caste society, reservation worked and did not work. … Continue reading Reservation System Has Given the Oppressed-Caste Youth The Hope That Change Is Slowly On the Way: Kancha Ilaiah

30 Years of “Why I Am Not a Hindu”: A Tribute to Kancha Ilaiah’s Transformative Legacy – Binu Matthew

Dear Sir, I read your book in the early 2000s, and I believe it was a Malayalam translation. Coming from a Christian family, it was the first time I encountered the reality of caste in such a direct and powerful way. It opened my eyes to a world I had not understood before, and it … Continue reading 30 Years of “Why I Am Not a Hindu”: A Tribute to Kancha Ilaiah’s Transformative Legacy – Binu Matthew

Reclaiming Harappa: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s Civilisational Imagination of Equality, Ecology and Human Dignity

in Book Review, Editor's Picks by Binu Mathew This is the Foreword to Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s new book “Harappa: God’s City of Civilisation“ “Harappa: God’s City of Civilisation” is much more than a novel. It is an act of historical imagination, civilisational recovery, and ethical resistance. In a time when competing political and ideological forces seek to erase, … Continue reading Reclaiming Harappa: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s Civilisational Imagination of Equality, Ecology and Human Dignity