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

Kancha llaiah Shepherd Caste is a mystical psychological category. It makes people crazy when entitlements are assigned on the basis of its oppressive history. It makes a progressive a reactionary when the oppressed caste's shade reaches the comfort zone of the oppressor castes | Representative image: iStock While Rahul Gandhi went against the understanding of … Continue reading Caste census a huge step against RSS tradition; will Sangh agree to it?

by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd This article is based on excerpts from a talk by Prof. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd at the first KP Sasi Webinar on Politics of Language and Language of Politics held on 15 April 2025. In the video his speech is from 36.21 to 50.44 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fiuuFI9fANM?start=138&feature=oembed At the outset, I pay tribute to KP … Continue reading Why shouldn’t English be India’s single national language?