The critical difference between the ‘integration’ and ‘liberation approach’ is that the latter is designed to provoke the 15 per cent Muslim population of Telangana. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 12 September, 2022 08:41 am IST File photo of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. | Photo: ANI Politics over the celebration of Hyderabad’s inclusion into the … Continue reading Modi govt’s Hyderabad ‘Liberation’ Day reopens old wounds. KCR’s ‘Integration’ wiser approach

Caste The future of India and its people of all castes and communities now depends on the survival of the Constitution in its present form. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Photo: PTI As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and … Continue reading Independent India in 75 Years Has Not Fulfilled All Expectations of the Dalitbahujan

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes about imagining the nation and the flag not in terms of who were or are in power – Nehru and Modi – but in terms of the philosophers and leaders – Phule and Ambedkar – who fought for freedom in its truest sense, that is the complete freedom of the Shudra/Ati-Shudra … Continue reading How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD | 11 JANUARY, 2021 On January 6, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India sent an email to, perhaps, all Indians who have email accounts with a statement released by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I got this email on my G-mail account. The statement is posted with a photograph that … Continue reading A Struggle Spearheaded by the Sikhs With Faith and Belief