Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s new book portrays the Indus Valley Civilization as cooperative and egalitarian—and challenges nationalist myths about India’s origins. STAN COX AUG 19, 2026 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has a way of getting under Hindu supremacists’ skin. And the latest book by this political theorist, social activist, and former Osmania University professor—titled Harappa: God’s City of … Continue reading Harappa: Now That Was a Civilization! 

Dear Sir, I read your book in the early 2000s, and I believe it was a Malayalam translation. Coming from a Christian family, it was the first time I encountered the reality of caste in such a direct and powerful way. It opened my eyes to a world I had not understood before, and it … Continue reading 30 Years of “Why I Am Not a Hindu”: A Tribute to Kancha Ilaiah’s Transformative Legacy – Binu Matthew

in Book Review, Editor's Picks by Binu Mathew This is the Foreword to Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s new book “Harappa: God’s City of Civilisation“ “Harappa: God’s City of Civilisation” is much more than a novel. It is an act of historical imagination, civilisational recovery, and ethical resistance. In a time when competing political and ideological forces seek to erase, … Continue reading Reclaiming Harappa: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s Civilisational Imagination of Equality, Ecology and Human Dignity

An upcoming book on life of Prof Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd