Many wanted Congress to focus on secularism, diversity and pluralism. But party has realised that the Shudra/OBC/Dalit/Adivasi aren't interested in these abstract ideas. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://theprint.in/opinion/for-long-congress-wavered-on-social-justice-now-its-waking-up-to-bjps-obc-politics/960447/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir at Udaipur, Rajasthan. (Photo Credit: Twitter/Salman Khurshid) The Congress’ revival strategy has gained a … Continue reading For long, Congress wavered on social justice. Now it’s waking up to BJP’s OBC politics

In a closed-door meeting with public intellectuals, Rahul Gandhi told me he’s not opposed to English medium education in government schools. But surprisingly, a Left intellectual disagreed. COURTESY: PTI. IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATION. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Public intellectuals play a very important role in a democratic system. A public intellectual challenges the policies they think will … Continue reading Public intellectuals must end their hypocrisy on English education for the masses

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  As some of you are aware, I am a Shudra intellectual and activist, working and writing to change the unequal conditions of the Dalits, Adivasis and Shudras (including the Other Backward Classes) in the Indian Brahminic Hindutva rule. My books Why I am Not a Hindu, Post-Hindu India and Buffalo Nationalism have been attacked by … Continue reading An Open Letter To Muslims And Christians Of India