Caste The future of India and its people of all castes and communities now depends on the survival of the Constitution in its present form. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Photo: PTI As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and … Continue reading Independent India in 75 Years Has Not Fulfilled All Expectations of the Dalitbahujan
Author: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press
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
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
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