Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  If caste and gender-based indignity of labour and the idea of ‘pollution’ of women's bodies around menstruation and childbirth does not change, India will not progress. Image Courtesy: Flickr Children’s upbringing in India faces two distinct challenges. One how to upbring girls and boys as equals. Second, how to upbring them with a … Continue reading Dignity of Labour: Notions of Purity and Pollution in India

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Recently, a new organisation is said to have been formed by three powerful Muslim countries to safeguard their interests in West Asia. According to both global and Indian media reports, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey formed an alliance. This alliance has been described by the media as the "Islamic NATO". Though Turkey … Continue reading With arrival of ‘Islamic NATO’, BJP-RSS must rethink religious nationalism