Author: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
A Miracle on This Christmas Day!
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd From Nehru to Vajpayee to Manmohan Singh, no Prime Minister has attended a Christmas prayer meeting, singing carols, but Modi did, that too amid RW attacks on Christians. Representational Image. Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons Miracles in Christianity are deeply believed and also globally contested beliefs. In my lifetime, I saw a strange … Continue reading A Miracle on This Christmas Day!
When RSS-Modi Attack Macaulay and English, They Attack Upward Mobility of Dalits, Shudras, Adivasis
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The upper caste and the rich can continue to learn English in expensive private institutions, it is the Bahujans who will suffer. Representative image of BJP flags. Photo: Facebook/BJP4India The Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have opened another front of attack on the future of the Dalit/Shudra/Adivasis. … Continue reading When RSS-Modi Attack Macaulay and English, They Attack Upward Mobility of Dalits, Shudras, Adivasis
English is Ambedkar’s Language, Not Macaulay’s!
https://youtu.be/ZidUd59CqXw?si=stNv8XyQ44h58bzJ excerpt from "Ambedkar's English: A Language of Liberation," argues passionately in favour of English-medium education in India, framing it as a crucial tool for liberation, particularly for Dalits, Adivasis, and Shudras. The author, Prof. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, contends that English should be viewed not as Macaulay's colonial language, but as "Ambedkar's English," due to … Continue reading English is Ambedkar’s Language, Not Macaulay’s!