Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd The Constitution of India symbolises anti-sanatan rebellions over the ages. The Dwija leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, speaking from their ruling position in Delhi, are trying to mislead the nation about sanatan dharma and its “inclusiveness”. Moving away from their usual Hindutva or Hindu religious rhetoric, they have put forward the … Continue reading BJP Must Choose: Either Sanatan Dharma or Constitution

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | 20 Sep 2023 The RSS-BJP’s idea to reframe Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma and India as Bharat are interlinked and damaging to India. Image Courtesy: PTI Under the leadership of a Prime Minister who claims a backward class identity, the central government is trying to unsettle the idea of calling this nation “India”. At … Continue reading Bharat, a Casteist and Patriarchal Name

‘India’, an inclusive term, embodies our social, spiritual and civilisational roots. ‘Bharat’ has drunk deeply of Sanatan Dharma’S brutal brew of caste, race and masculinity. Dalits/adivasis must oppose its adoption (Illustration by Tanmoy Chakraborty) Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd ISSUE DATE: Sep 15, 2023 After opposition parties adopted the acronym INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), Prime … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Bharat, symbol of brute power

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD· SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 Gummadi Vittal Rao—Gaddar— lived a life of song, dance and revolution. The State put six bullets in his body. Not only did he survive, he nursed one of them for 25 years. That bullet is now buried with him as a testimony of his life and times. GADDAR’S unexpected death … Continue reading If only the Indian communists emulate the path of ‘Gaddar’!