The author explains how Kancha Ilaiah, in his latest book 'The Shudra Rebellion', posits the link with labour of different caste communities as a more credible way of reading caste both in the present and historically.  Written by: Karthik Raja Karuppusamy Edited by: Maria Teresa Raju 15 Dec 2024 Going against the obvious but misinformed … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah brings focus on Shudra castes in his latest The Shudra Rebellion

Living shudras are a huge repository of their history. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd A creative illustration of the Indus Valley Civilisation. |Tejavalli reddy(1830787), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Shudra history survives and exists in the furrows of agrarian lands and in artisanal fossils and living tools. The living shudras are also a huge repository of … Continue reading Why shudras must build museums of agrarian and artisinal instruments

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd When I was researching for my latest book The Shudra Rebellion I went back into ancient Indian literature to find out whether there was a philosophical school called Agriculturism around pre-Vedic and Vedic period. I did not find any written evidence about this school. I looked at the possibility of such schools … Continue reading Philosophy of Agriculturalism in Ancient India