in Annihilate Caste — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd India is a nation of second largest population in the world. China is the first largest populated nation with a land size bigger than India. India’s population according to 2011 census was 1210.2 million and China’s population was 1347.3 million. India’s land size is 3.287 million KMs, whereas China’s land size … Continue reading The Shudra Civilization

KANCHA ILLAIAH SHEPHERD  Good that the farmers are fighting for their right to dignified living by facing the Delhi powers. The ruling establishment is trying to ensure that monopoly capitalists become global rich capitalists by robbing the farmers across the country.The farm laws of the government can be justifiably characterised ‘ Farm Rob Laws’. The … Continue reading Why the Farmers Were Left With No Choice But to Protest

Why I am Not a Hindu Woman’ review: The ‘othering’ of women, Dalits and savarna trauma G. SampathNOVEMBER 28, 2020 16:54 ISTUPDATED: NOVEMBER 29, 2020 08:00 IST Drawing on lived experience, Wandana Sonalkar explains the concerns about Hinduism as it is practised today, including misogyny, caste and violence Repudiation of a religion by a person born … Continue reading G. Sampath reviews Why I am Not a Hindu Woman, by Wandana Sonalkar – The Hindu

By: SAIKAT MAJUMDAR NOVEMBER 25, 2020 In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention. Over the last few decades in India, a denuded secular public sphere has been besieged by a sharply militarized Hinduism. Books were among the first things to get caught in the battle. Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An … Continue reading Another Look at India’s Books: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s “Why I Am Not a Hindu” – Los Angeles Review of Books