Tharoor comes from a Shudra (Nair) community but wrote his book 'Why I am a Hindu' as if he was a dissident within the Sangh Parivar Hinduism and not as a leader with his feet firmly planted in Congress history, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd October 15, 2022 Shashi Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, is … Continue reading Why Shashi Tharoor is not fit to take over the reins of the Congress party

The Congress needs a morally strong leader at the helm. Rahul Gandhi has shown that streak in thought and practice, but he has to internalise the moral base of that politics, writes Kancha Ilaiah. PTI NEWS POLITICS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022 - 16:47 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd As Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters day 37 of its … Continue reading Opinion: Will Rahul Gandhi emerge a moral leader from Bharat Jodo Yatra to take on RSS?

When serious intellectuals emerge from the organic social base of the productive communities like Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis, their own caste location begins to determine their consciousness irrespective of whether they come from the Hindutva school or the Communist school, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://www.forwardpress.in/2022/10/it-took-shantishree-dhulipudi-pandit-an-obc-woman-scholar-to-study-caste-of-hindu-gods/&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=105&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=21 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd October 13, 2022 Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit has come … Continue reading It took Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit, an OBC woman scholar, to study caste of Hindu gods – Forward Press