Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  The Hindutva organisations had never believed that the RSS would allow a caste census to take place.  Congress workers in Noida take part in a rally to celebrate the Union government's decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming national census on Friday, May 2, 2025. Photo: PTI On April 30, the … Continue reading Will the Modi Government Carry Out the Caste Census or Will it Remain an Eyewash?

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  No other couple in human history has shown such a spirit filled with revolutionary ambition for change. That too in a stagnant society like that of India. Image credit: Instagram My only complaint against the filmmakers is that the film’s title should have been Phules— not Phule. Savitri is not Jyotiba’s better half, but … Continue reading ‘Phule’: A Revolution on Screen 

Atul Ashok Howale  Shepherd also pointed to the irony that the Maharashtra government recommended a Bharat Ratna for Phule but is mum on the film's censorship.  Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd in conversation with Atul Howale. New Delhi: A biopic on Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, which was supposed to be released on Phule’s 198th birth anniversary … Continue reading Full Text | Sort of Cuts Demanded of ‘Phule’ Will Deprive Film of Its Soul: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd