Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 1 Hour ago A heart valve that saved a life for 46 years symbolises how Christian missions in India fused faith with modern science. Organisations which say they represent Hinduism and Islam have yet to match that achievement. Representative image. Photo: Katherine Hanlon/Unsplash Real journalism holds power accountable Since 2015, The Wire … Continue reading Why the RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami Never Turned Ayurveda or Unani Into a CMC Vellore

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd In a rare theoretical broadside, the Congress veteran has accused the ruling dispensation of plotting an 'ideological coup' to replace constitutional democracy RSS/BJP's future direction in changing the present constitutional democracy into a 'Theocratic Corporate State. She shared this in her written message at the party's national legal conclave on 'Constitutional Challenges … Continue reading How Sonia candidly sounded alarm on ‘ideological coup’ to remake India

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd After the Congress Shudra/OBC Bhagedary Nyay Sammelan ( Participatory Justice  Conference) in Talkatora stadium of Delhi took place on 25 July, 2025 a new social justice discourse began in India. In 140 years of existence of the Congress party it was the first ever Shudra/OBC conference with a path breaking initiative of … Continue reading Why Rahul Gandhi is Martin Luther King of India

in Arts/Literature by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Illustration/Priti Gulati Cox O, Buffalo, you are black but beautiful.  You are black, but you give white milk.  You became our home animal,  When we were starving for meat and milk.  You became our tilling animal,  When we needed your labour power.  When we built our Harappan civilization,  You became our … Continue reading Black, But Beautiful