in Annihilate Caste — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — Countercurrents After I wrote Why I am Not a Hindu and Post-Hindu India  the Brahmin- Banias ( the castes that control Hindu spiritual system and the whole business system of India) communities of Telugu states threatened to kill me. Several cases were filed against me. The intellectuals from these two most wealthy … Continue reading What Is My Philosophy? -Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

A politics based on democratic welfarism could offer a political alternative. The Bahujan Left Front in Telangana comprising communists and Ambedkarites may show the way. Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Updated: April 24, 2018 12:06:00 am Indian Express Last week, I attended the inaugural session of the 22nd party congress of the CPM in … Continue reading Notes from the CPM congress

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source India Today (April 2, 2018, Page 28) The April 2 Bharat Bandh, organised by non-political Dalit groups, has revealed a new capacity for mobilisation among the historically oppressed community in the Hindi heartland.Their fight to protect their constitutional rights seems to have acquired a new dimension during Narendra Modi’s regime,dispelling … Continue reading Making Sense of Dalit Spring in Hindi Heart Land

Apex court verdict will make the SC/ST Atrocities Act toothless, roll back social transformation Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source The verdict of the Supreme Court’s two-judge bench stating that the SC/ST Atrocities Act 1989 is being misused — and a lot of checks are needed to prevent such misuse — will have huge implications … Continue reading Exception makes the rule