To Be or Not to Be

In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of Hindutva Written by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source Shashi Tharoor’s latest book, Why I am a Hindu is political rather than academic or intellectual. The title is … Continue reading To Be or Not to Be

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