Month: June 2025

Condemn Dattatreya Hosabole’s Anti-Secular And Anti-Socialist Statement

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 28/06/2025 I have been repeatedly saying that the RSS essentially is a Brahmin-Baniya organization with strong ideological and historical roots in Brahmanism. Mohan Bhagwat and Dattatreya Hosabole being Brahmins from Maharatra and Karnataka respectively have serious ideological, political, cultural and philosophical opposition to the idea of equality and castelessness in India. Their repeated … Continue reading Condemn Dattatreya Hosabole’s Anti-Secular And Anti-Socialist Statement

Why doesn’t RSS have a medical institution like CMC? Learnings from Kancha Kattaiah

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd CMC Vellore was established as a nursing and delivery clinic by an American missionary woman, Dr Ida Sophia Scudder.It has grown into a major world-class medical institution in India. Image: Wikimedia Commons Had a Hindutva organ ruled India after Independence and closed down CMC, Kattaiah would have died young; he broke superstition … Continue reading Why doesn’t RSS have a medical institution like CMC? Learnings from Kancha Kattaiah

A Rational Heart: How Reason and Care Sustained One of India’s Longest Heart Valve Survivors

by Bheenaveni Ram Shepherd In a record-setting case, an Indian patient lived 46 years after receiving a first-generation Edwards-Starr heart valve at CMCH in Vellore in 1979. His survival defied medical expectations — a powerful testament to how science, institutional motivation, and family care can together extend human longevity. In a world still reckoning with the … Continue reading A Rational Heart: How Reason and Care Sustained One of India’s Longest Heart Valve Survivors