Anand Teltumbde (tanandraj@gmail.com) is a writer and civil rights activist with the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai. Source In these achhe din when the Hindutva bullet trail has killed people with impunity for speaking what it does not like, the recent threats against Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd should not be taken lightly. Of course, … Continue reading A Critical Defence of Kancha Ilaiah’s Voice

Kalpana Kannabiran, The Hindu Childhood, marriage, markets, goddesses, worship, food, work — for Ilaiah, the lived village has always been the best textbook I call Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and we talk about meeting and having a leisurely chat about his life, work and troubles in recent times. The past month has been particularly stormy. … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah: For lives lived in labour