KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD A new way to fight Dwija hegemony  Rakesh Tikait holding The Shudras—Vision for a New Path book with his two hands at his heart shows a new shift in the Indian and more particularly in the North Indian agrarian caste sociopolitical consciousness.North Indian Shudras more particularly the Jats, Gujjars, Patels became the backbone of … Continue reading The Shudras at the Heart of Tikait

in Annihilate Caste — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd A well-known Dalit scholar Gopal Guru, presently editor of the Economic and Political Weekly, once wrote that “Indian Social Science represents a pernicious divide between theoretical Brahmins and empirical Shudras’ (2002). But Shudras did not get much attention in his, otherwise useful article. He immediately shifted his argument to the question of … Continue reading Shudras And The Central Universities

Review G. Sampath This anthology brings the spotlight on challenges facing a people who form not only the majority of India’s population but also the majority among Hindus The term ‘Other Backward Classes’, or OBCs, is an administrative category. It is typically deployed in the context of public policy and academic research. Is it advisable … Continue reading G. Sampath reviews The Shudras: Vision for a New Path, edited by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd & Karthik Raja Karuppasamy – The Hindu

The unity programme initiated by farm leaders can take the shape of a cultural revolution in rural north India. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD A supporter waves the tricolour at farmers' gathering in Jind district in Haryana | Suraj Singh Bisht One of the most significant developments in the ongoing protests against the Narendra Modi government’s three … Continue reading There’s a new Shudra-Dalit unity in north Indian villages thanks to the farm protests