By Yogesh Maitreya, Mar 29, 2019 10:51:41 IST His autobiography, From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual: My Memoirs, provides the reader with a blueprint of his arguments and how they came into being. 'The autobiography of a person from a caste/community in India becomes an autobiography of the caste/community itself,' says Ilaiah. 'The Indian … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd on his new memoir, the importance of Dalits sharing their own stories, and ‘productive castes’

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyo.in/lite/voices/2019-general-elections-rahul-gandhi-priyanka-gandhi-congress-bjp-saffronisation-of-education-hindutva-educational-reforms-election-manifesto/story/1/29957.html 2019 Lok Sabha Polls: Why Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi must promise English-medium school education in the Congress manifesto By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Both the BJP and Congress differ very little on the kind of education they envision for India's young. Here's where the two Gandhis could make a real difference. In less than a … Continue reading 2019 Lok Sabha Polls: Why Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi must promise English-medium school education in the Congress manifesto

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd An oped published in The New York Times warned about possible nuclear war between India and Pakistan had a picture of India and Pakistan warheads clashing. The Indian bomb has a three-colour flag with an Ashok Chakra. The Pakistan flag has a green flag with crescent moon and a star. While … Continue reading With global forces watching India-Pakistan ties, BJP-RSS can’t solve Kashmir problem unless they shed anti-Muslim image

Which army is currently protecting India’s borders — the vegetarian RSS army or the multi-cuisine, multicultural Indian army? And who can do a better job? KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD India has two armies, as I see it. One, the regular force which protects the country’s borders and pitches in when there is a natural disaster or … Continue reading RSS’ vegetarian army, in times of conflict with Pakistan and China