The RSS Plan to Eradicate Caste Is Outdated and Skirts the Real Issues of Today

If it is serious, it must work towards allowing all castes to become temple priests and change the education system.  Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  Oct 20, 2023  RSS leaders Mohan Bhagwat and Dattatreya Hosabale. Photo: X/RSSOrg In the backdrop of the Indian National Congress taking a stand on the caste census, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has … Continue reading The RSS Plan to Eradicate Caste Is Outdated and Skirts the Real Issues of Today

Modi’s ‘first OBC PM’ tag is making Rahul Gandhi aspire to be an OBC messiah now

Rahul Gandhi is Brahmin, however, he is now batting for a caste-wise census. What made the Congress go to this extreme? In my view, it is Modi who pushed it to take this stand. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 11 October, 2023 12:56 pm IST File photo of Congress party’s leader Rahul Gandhi at party’s headquarter in … Continue reading Modi’s ‘first OBC PM’ tag is making Rahul Gandhi aspire to be an OBC messiah now

Nitish’s caste census: Major game-changer in Indian politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a file photo: PTI While Bihar census will pressure Centre to release the caste data collected by the UPA government, it also exposes Modi's inability to take any substantial mesures for the OBCs with whose help the BJP came to power. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd … Continue reading Nitish’s caste census: Major game-changer in Indian politics

Indian English and a new spring of hope

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD·OCTOBER 4, 2023 On October 5, Indian English Day, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd gives a clarion call to make English accessible for the marginalised and the downtrodden of India. October 5, 2023 is the 206rd Indian English Day. English education came into our national life in 1817 and paved a new way. Two reformers of … Continue reading Indian English and a new spring of hope