There are many moments in Ilaiah’s memoir, ‘From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual’, that speak to anyone looking to sustain a life of reading and writing. Vijeta Kumar Apr 19, 2019, 10:54 PM EDT A young Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd once came across a book on Isaiah Berlin in the Osmania University library and picked it up … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd And The Loneliness Of A Bahujan Academic

By asking the rural masses to educate their children in regional languages, Amit Shah wants to put them in their classic place of language disadvantage, writes Kancha Ilaiah. VOICES OPINION THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 - 10:54 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Until not so long ago, Union Home Minister Amit Shah used to be an ardent proponent of the … Continue reading Why Amit Shah’s push for regional language-based higher education is a deceptive game

Only a few other movements in the last 75 years of Independent India have held the national flag as dear as Dalits, Shudras, Adivasis did. It's a new landmark. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd An elderly woman at a protest site with the Indian national flag or the Tiranga | Pexels On the occasion of India’s diamond … Continue reading Anti-CAA to farmer protests—India’s productive masses are giving real meaning to Tiranga

A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India Rishi Sunak's candidature for prime minister shows us how truly unenlightened the ‘world’s largest democracy’ is. Britain's Rishi Sunak meets Tory members at Fontwell Park Racecourse as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, in Fontwell, Britain, July … Continue reading A British Lesson in Tolerance for ‘Hindu’ India