by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Amit Shah is Home Minister. I wish he had been minister for foreign affairs and made that statement on “English Shame”. Before making that statement, even as home minister he should have asked his son Jay Shah to resign from the chairmanship of International Cricket Council (ICC) and said so. All cricket … Continue reading The RSS/BJP leaders and their family members must be ashamed for studying in English Medium Schools, not Shudra/OBC/SC/STs

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd CMC Vellore was established as a nursing and delivery clinic by an American missionary woman, Dr Ida Sophia Scudder.It has grown into a major world-class medical institution in India. Image: Wikimedia Commons Had a Hindutva organ ruled India after Independence and closed down CMC, Kattaiah would have died young; he broke superstition … Continue reading Why doesn’t RSS have a medical institution like CMC? Learnings from Kancha Kattaiah

by Bheenaveni Ram Shepherd In a record-setting case, an Indian patient lived 46 years after receiving a first-generation Edwards-Starr heart valve at CMCH in Vellore in 1979. His survival defied medical expectations — a powerful testament to how science, institutional motivation, and family care can together extend human longevity. In a world still reckoning with the … Continue reading A Rational Heart: How Reason and Care Sustained One of India’s Longest Heart Valve Survivors

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd After having a discussion with Delhi University students on 27 May, 2025 the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a social media post, said that a practice of “not found suitable” was being followed in case of vacancies on SC/ST and OBC seats and called it a new … Continue reading Anti-Not Found Suitable Movement: Rahul Gandhi Enters The Fight