By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Source: The Hindu Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) presented Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, the discourse on nationalism has changed. It has become hyper. The party began by telling people through various modes of information dissemination — including social media — that the Congress has served the … Continue reading Hyper-nationalism does not allow critical engagement; it shows anything critical of ruling party as anti-national

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Monday, April 10,2017 HYDERABAD: One of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologues—Tarun Vijay—said on an International TV channe, ’“If we were racist, why would we have the entire south, which is complete, you know, Tamil, you know Kerala, you know Karnataka and Andhra, why do we live with them?” It is true that … Continue reading I Am A Black South Indian Who Tamed the Black Buffalo

WORSHIPPING THE WORD MOVEMENT By Prof. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Worshipping the word is a movement that needs to strike  its roots in Indian culture. Historically India is a country, wherein the Adivasis and Dalitbahujans, who constitute more than 85 per cent of the population lost out their own worshipping the word culture. They have not been … Continue reading WORSHIPPING THE WORD MOVEMENT

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Monday, January 16,2017 HYDERABAD: The science of killing one’s own student in the ‘laboratory’ if he/she is more brilliant than the teacher himself is a cultural heritage that hangs around Indian universities. This heritage has come through the brutal Brahminism of Dronacharay, who took away the thumb of his own student—Eklavya, just … Continue reading Rohith Vemula 1st Death Anniversary: PM Awards VC Appa Rao!