It’s Dalit-Buddhist organisations, not centres of South Asian studies, that raised awareness Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6:30 AM, 10 April, 2023 Immigrant dwijas (Brahmins, Banias, Kshatriyas, Kayasthas, and Khatris) reportedly treat migrant Dalits/Shudras and Adivasis as lesser beings within the Indian diaspora. Representational image: iStock Brahminism is possibly the worst philosophical school that took birth and … Continue reading What it took for the West to wake up and notice casteism

By invoking the spectre of Hinduphobia, are the Hindutva organisations and leaders trying to say Hinduism does not stand for human equality? Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdMar 29, 2023 The Seattle City Council during the vote on caste discrimination. Photo: Twitter/Kshama Sawant California, the wealthiest state in the US and the destination for many immigrant Indians, introduced … Continue reading Why Are Vishwagurus Opposing Vishwa Equality Laws in America and Canada?

July 24, 2020 in Life/Philosophy — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — July 24, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare0 In China there was a philosophical school called Agriculturism between 770 BCE and 221 BCE. The main philosopher, who represented this school with a sophisticated exposition of that philosophy, was Xu Xing (372-289 BCE). His main philosophy was that people’s propensity is based on farming than to … Continue reading Agriculturalism And Hindutva

Mohan Bhagwat says 70% of Indian population was educated pre-British Raj; but didn’t Shastras say Shudras and women must be left uneducated? Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 6:30 AM, 11 March, 2023 The Shastra literature that Bhagwat is talking about does not provide a descriptive narrative of equal respect for all occupations. Mohan Bhagwat, the sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya … Continue reading Nationalism should be built by accepting truth, not by telling falsehoods