T-MASS: A New Experiment In Ambedkarite-Marxist Alliance

In Annihilate Caste by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —January 31, 2018 The newly formed organization popularly called T-MASS is a registered organization under the Telangana Government’s Registration Act with a name “Telangana Mass and Social Organizations”. Under its broad umbrella many Ambedkarist, Phuleite, communist, humanist, women organizations are working with a broad philosophical framework of Mahatma Phule, Ambedkar … Continue reading T-MASS: A New Experiment In Ambedkarite-Marxist Alliance

‘If You are Afraid, How Will You Build a Good Social Science? says Prof Kancha Ilaiah

Interview By Hafeesha TB Social scientist Kancha Ilaiah talks of the row over his recent Telugu book ‘Saamajika Smugglerlu Kommatollu’ and other controversies he has faced. Writer and social scientist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has been at the heart of a major controversy for many weeks now. The publication of an excerpt from his Post Hindu … Continue reading ‘If You are Afraid, How Will You Build a Good Social Science? says Prof Kancha Ilaiah

The Government’s Elaborate Nationalist Charade

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Published on: November 9, 2017 Dr. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, a political theorist and Dalit Rights activist has been in the eye of the storm ever since the Telugu translation of his book Post Hindu India came out. In one of the chapters of the book, he alleges that the Arya-Vysya … Continue reading The Government’s Elaborate Nationalist Charade

A Critical Defence of Kancha Ilaiah’s Voice

Anand Teltumbde (tanandraj@gmail.com) is a writer and civil rights activist with the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai. Source In these achhe din when the Hindutva bullet trail has killed people with impunity for speaking what it does not like, the recent threats against Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd should not be taken lightly. Of course, … Continue reading A Critical Defence of Kancha Ilaiah’s Voice