In a two-pronged approach, the state is providing financial assistance to mothers of school-going children and changing the language of instruction in government schools to English. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 05/NOV/2019 Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy announced a few days ago that all mothers from poor families who are sending their children to school … Continue reading Andhra Pradesh’s New Education Policy Could Create Lasting Structural Changes

BJP's Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education Whom exactly does Amit Shah want to impose the learning of Hindi on in south India and the northeast? Clearly, this proposal is only applicable to poor children in villages who study at government schools. By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd A few days ago, I was giving … Continue reading BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education

OPINION: Food-related lynchings have roots in Gandhi's vegetarian nationalism 'Gandhi defined Hinduism as a vegetarian religion and India a vegetarian nation' By Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdOctober 01, 2019 14:31 IST Kancha Ilaiah, Mahatma Gandhi How do we assess Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary? The BJP, which never had very high opinion … Continue reading OPINION: Food-related lynchings have roots in Gandhi’s vegetarian nationalism – The Week

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd It was a pleasant surprise last week to come across a news report about the findings of a survey done by what was described as a ‘RSS think tank’ on the status of women in India. Besides claiming that married women and women who seek spiritual help are happier than others, … Continue reading Christian Women better educated