October 5th is International Teachers Day. It is also Indian English Day. English language education has a history of 205 years in India. Incidentally October 5th is also my 70th birthday. My thirty years campaign for English medium education for poor children in the Government schools has come to a meaningful stage. William Carey and … Continue reading English India In The Making

Indian democracy and Ambedkar have almost became synonymous. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Yesterday · 09:00 am Prakash Singh/AFP In recent weeks, there has been a demand for the new Parliament building being constructed on the revamped Central Vista in New Delhi to be named after the architect of the Constitution and anti-caste leader BR Ambedkar. On … Continue reading Why naming the new Parliament building after BR Ambedkar would be a true step towards decolonisation

The critical difference between the ‘integration’ and ‘liberation approach’ is that the latter is designed to provoke the 15 per cent Muslim population of Telangana. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 12 September, 2022 08:41 am IST File photo of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. | Photo: ANI Politics over the celebration of Hyderabad’s inclusion into the … Continue reading Modi govt’s Hyderabad ‘Liberation’ Day reopens old wounds. KCR’s ‘Integration’ wiser approach