Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes about imagining the nation and the flag not in terms of who were or are in power – Nehru and Modi – but in terms of the philosophers and leaders – Phule and Ambedkar – who fought for freedom in its truest sense, that is the complete freedom of the Shudra/Ati-Shudra … Continue reading How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press
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Anti-CAA to farmer protests—India’s productive masses are giving real meaning to Tiranga
Only a few other movements in the last 75 years of Independent India have held the national flag as dear as Dalits, Shudras, Adivasis did. It's a new landmark. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd An elderly woman at a protest site with the Indian national flag or the Tiranga | Pexels On the occasion of India’s diamond … Continue reading Anti-CAA to farmer protests—India’s productive masses are giving real meaning to Tiranga
A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India
A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India Rishi Sunak's candidature for prime minister shows us how truly unenlightened the ‘world’s largest democracy’ is. Britain's Rishi Sunak meets Tory members at Fontwell Park Racecourse as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, in Fontwell, Britain, July … Continue reading A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India
From Draupadi Pandava to Droupadi Murmu | Forward Press
Without the Mandal struggle, the RSS-BJP, known as the Brahmin-Bania network, would not have chosen her as the presidential candidate. The Congress and the Left, frozen in Brahmanism as they are, have given the RSS-BJP a historical advantage, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd BY KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Droupadi Murmu, a Santali Tribal woman leader, getting elected as … Continue reading From Draupadi Pandava to Droupadi Murmu | Forward Press
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