A strong view is that an amendment to the Constitution that incorporates a provision for addressing caste-based discrimination meaningfully is the way only out of this quagmire. For that, a strong movement both in civil society and in legal and intellectual spheres is an essential condition, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd November 17, 2022 … Continue reading We need Ambedkars in court to take on EWS reservation – Forward Press

With all his visibility, Rahul has to become a leader and visionary with a new moral grit to fight the RSS/BJP and revive the Congress. He cannot do that as PM candidate. I wanted to see whether a new Rahul is in the making. BYKANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD  Published:November 10 On the morning of 1 November, … Continue reading ‘Why I walked with Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra’

Congress, with a moral leader within, should work to undo the fear-generating atmosphere created in the recent past; after all, RSS-BJP remained outside power till the 1990s and spread their ideology before becoming all-powerful Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6:30 AM, 6 November, 2022Updated 6:53 AM, 6 November, 2022 Rahul’s padayatra is totally the opposite of BJP's … Continue reading Why Bharat Jodo Yatra should not be seen in terms of immediate votes

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