The new education policy’s proposal to reduce the importance of English in schools will hinder progress. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) lived in India just for four years, from 1834 to 1838. Yet he left unerasable footprints on Indian soil. During his time in India, he decided to introduce English into the education … Continue reading Macaulay Is Very Relevant Today and Helps Dalits, OBCs Join the Global Economy

U Sambasiva Rao's legacy as a revolutionary, a human rights defender, and an anti-caste ideologue will live on, Kancha Ilaiah writes. NEWS OBITUARY SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 - 13:46Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd U Sambasiva Rao (1950-2020) — popularly known as Usaa, passed away in the early hours of July 25, 2020 in a private hospital in Hyderabad while … Continue reading How anti-caste activist Usaa left strong footprints on the soil of Telugu states

in Life/Philosophy — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — July 24, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare0 In China there was a philosophical school called Agriculturism between 770 BCE and 221 BCE. The main philosopher, who represented this school with a sophisticated exposition of that philosophy, was Xu Xing (372-289 BCE). His main philosophy was that people’s propensity is based on farming than to any other thing. … Continue reading Agriculturalism And Hindutva

Only if they Learn English can OBCs Take Advantage of ReservationReservation is a crutch but English-medium education could have been their leg.Pragya Singh15 Jul 2020 On the 30th anniversary of reservations for backward classes, the well-known social scientist, writer and activist, Prof Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd says Mandal has not fulfilled what it set out to … Continue reading Only if they Learn English can OBCs Take Advantage of Reservation | NewsClick