India Needs High Jump, Not Yoga To Win War With China

in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — July 13, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare48 War between India and China is on the cards. Though there is a retreat on both sides for the time being there is every possibility that war would break out any time in future.   Unlike a war between India and Pakistan or with any other neighbouring country war with China … Continue reading India Needs High Jump, Not Yoga To Win War With China

Why Telangana Must Start Trend for Decentralised Capitals | NewsClick

Why Telangana Must Start Trend for Decentralised CapitalsA post-Covid world needs a futuristic vision of decentralised institutions, administrative structures and industries.kancha Ilaiah Shepherd09 Jul 2020 Telangana old secretariat building being demolished. | Image Courtesy: The HinduThe KCR government in Telangana has demolished the long-standing secretariat buildings and a new model for a secretariat has been put out in the public domain. Some sections are … Continue reading Why Telangana Must Start Trend for Decentralised Capitals | NewsClick

Differently Twice Born

in Book Review — by Kaki Madhava Rao — June 30, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare10 Kancha Ilaiaha Shepherd’s first book, Why I am not Hindu, published in 1996′ made waves both in India and abroad. Having read that book and his subsequent books,  Post Hindu India and Turning the Pot and Tilling  the Land, I quickly started reading his just released Autobiography, From a Shepherd Boy to … Continue reading Differently Twice Born

Early India, Goats And Brahmins

in Book Review — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd — June 26, 2020FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailShare19 I met Tony Joseph, the author of Early Indians – the History of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From[1], first in Jaipur Literature Festival in 2019 and next at Mathrubhoomi Literature Festival in January, 2020 at Thivanthapuram.  I had a lengthy discussion about his understanding of goats, buffalos, cows and so … Continue reading Early India, Goats And Brahmins