Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The judgment will have implications for all categories of reservations - SCs, STs, and OBCs. Across the country, various castes have sought their accurate due in their respective states and also in the central pool of reservations. Representational image: iStock Centre can't throw the ball in the states' courts, for any data … Continue reading Why caste census is critical to implement SC’s quota-within-quota ruling

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Historically there were two streams of philosophical discourses in the world, more particularly in India: The first one was the philosophy of people, who involved in production—agrarian, artisanal, animal economy and so on. The second one was the philosophy of saints, sadhus and sanyasis, who always remained outside production and lived for … Continue reading How Labour Produced Philosophy, Not Books

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 31 July 2024 If Kamala Harris becomes the US President with her African-American image, the Indian diaspora, which hardly engages with black Americans, will have a conflicting situation. Image: X/@KamalaHarris Harris's lifestyle and dress code spell equality; irrespective of whether she wins or not, she has become one of the most followed changemakers … Continue reading Kamala Harris’s political ascent is a sociological miracle