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

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd All lovers of equality should celebrate October 5 as the Indian English Day. We declare that ‘English is Indian’. We study in English and preserve our buffalo cultural nationalism as against the unproductive forces of cow nationalism. English teaching started in Calcutta sometime in October 1817 by gathering a few Brahmin … Continue reading Why we should Celebrate October 5 as the ‘Indian English Day

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