THE SHEPHERD’S SON STIRRING LOWER-CASTE UNREST IN MODI’S INDIA

 By Aayush Soni, Ozy  Kancha Ilaiah was in middle school when he was first made aware of his caste. When he tried to seek admission into grade 8 at a government school, the class teacher made fun of his surname, accused Ilaiah of wasting his time and refused to give him a seat. The teacher relented … Continue reading THE SHEPHERD’S SON STIRRING LOWER-CASTE UNREST IN MODI’S INDIA

The Arthashastra of Arun Jaitley – Decoding the top BJP leader’s school of political philosophy

Jaitley has become to Narendra Modi what Manmohan Singh was once to PV Narasimha Rao. By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Daily O ShareArun Jaitley, while recuperating from his kidney ailment, did his best to defend his government on economic and legal issues. By virtue of being the Union finance minister, he became BJP’s top economist. Going by … Continue reading The Arthashastra of Arun Jaitley – Decoding the top BJP leader’s school of political philosophy

Great Harappa of south India? How the Koya tribal museum is shattering ‘Brahmins are supreme’ myth

Kamaram has paved an exemplary path for cultural revolution in India. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Source Daily O In the first week of June (3rd to 5th), a revolution was initiated by Telangana’s Koya tibals with great futuristic vision in a deeply indigenous village called Kamaram (this is also known as Koyatoor) near Tadvai in Bhoopalpally … Continue reading Great Harappa of south India? How the Koya tribal museum is shattering ‘Brahmins are supreme’ myth

RSS the Kautilya, unlike Congress, will abolish India’s election system

The Sarsanghchalak's handbook is not Ambedkar’s Constitution, but Arthashastra. By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Source Daily O Kautilya lived in India and wrote his treatise Arthashastra in the third century BC. Niccolò Machiavelli lived in 16th century AD in Italy and wrote his book The Prince. Arthashastra, though an economic title, is actually about statecraft, with a preamble … Continue reading RSS the Kautilya, unlike Congress, will abolish India’s election system