Harappa - Gods City of Civilisation Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Rs. 319 Rs. 399 Save20% Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.in/dp/8169235235?dplnkId=1cbe9480-f2d5-4aae-9367-d2d993ae40b8&nodl=1 Harappa: God's City of Civilisation is an audacious act of literary and intellectual imagination that reclaims the Indus Valley civilisation from the long shadow of Vedic mythology. Ilaiah deliberately fashions a counter-myth—not because history is irrelevant, but because … Continue reading Harappa – Gods City of Civilisation

Kancha Ilaiah’s The Shudra Rebellion rewrites history from below, where spades built cities and obedience was not a choice. CYNTHIA STEPHEN A depiction of a Channar couple from the illustrated manuscript Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India (1837). | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons In The Shudra Rebellion, the political theorist and Dalit rights activist Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd attempts what few historians … Continue reading What if the real builders of Indian civilisation never got to write the story?

The author examines Shudra nationalism and heritage to redefine India’s identity and future. Nikhil Sanjay-Rekha Adsule Author Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd. | Wikimedia Commons The slogan-shouting and muscle flexing on the basis of caste and class were in full bloom during the elections in Maharashtra. It is a spectacle for all of India now. These elections have … Continue reading ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India