What made BJP consider giving Bharat Ratna to Jyotirao, Savitribai Phule?

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 11 Apr 2025 6:30 AM (Updated:11 Apr 2025 6:30 AM) It is important that the BJP itself is asking for the Bharat Ratna award for great social and educational reformers like the Phule couple | Photo: Wikimedia Commons Why has the BJP come up with a proposal to give Bharat Ratna to … Continue reading What made BJP consider giving Bharat Ratna to Jyotirao, Savitribai Phule?

Muslims under OBC: Ideological fight around Telangana caste survey

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in a meeting with state government officials on the caste survey. File photo:X/@JacobBhoompag According to BJP, Congress converted 10.08 per cent Muslims into OBCs, who otherwise should be in the general category. A dangerous communal argument, indeed Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 9 Mar 2025 9:10 AM The Telangana Socio, Caste, … Continue reading Muslims under OBC: Ideological fight around Telangana caste survey

The Emerging Trend of Tycoon Nationalism

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Under the guidance and massive supply of money by Elon Musk, Donald Trump won the elections in 2024. Ever since the electoral democratic systems came into being in the world, such big tycoons with total disrespect for democratic principles never won an election in any country. In America, which remained the global … Continue reading The Emerging Trend of Tycoon Nationalism

Will PM Modi come clean on his OBC status?

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Prime Mister Narandra Mod has been defending Sanatan Dharma if he is organically part of it| Fle phces Revanth Reddy says Modi is not a Shudra OBC, but a 'converted' Baniya OBC; pushing non-Shudras into OBC list is a strategic Hindutva ploy of RSS Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said in a … Continue reading Will PM Modi come clean on his OBC status?