The controversy over caste census and the demand by the OBCs for reservations in iobs and education lend Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd's The Clash of Cultures the immediacy it needs John Dayal 21 Sept 2023 The Hindu right wing, which has been ruling India for the last ten years, considers Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd one of … Continue reading The Clash of Cultures review: A primer on ground reality of Dalits, OBCs in Modi’s India
Bharat, a Casteist and Patriarchal Name
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | 20 Sep 2023 The RSS-BJP’s idea to reframe Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma and India as Bharat are interlinked and damaging to India. Image Courtesy: PTI Under the leadership of a Prime Minister who claims a backward class identity, the central government is trying to unsettle the idea of calling this nation “India”. At … Continue reading Bharat, a Casteist and Patriarchal Name
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Bharat, symbol of brute power
‘India’, an inclusive term, embodies our social, spiritual and civilisational roots. ‘Bharat’ has drunk deeply of Sanatan Dharma’S brutal brew of caste, race and masculinity. Dalits/adivasis must oppose its adoption (Illustration by Tanmoy Chakraborty) Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd ISSUE DATE: Sep 15, 2023 After opposition parties adopted the acronym INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), Prime … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Bharat, symbol of brute power
If only the Indian communists emulate the path of ‘Gaddar’!
KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD· SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 Gummadi Vittal Rao—Gaddar— lived a life of song, dance and revolution. The State put six bullets in his body. Not only did he survive, he nursed one of them for 25 years. That bullet is now buried with him as a testimony of his life and times. GADDAR’S unexpected death … Continue reading If only the Indian communists emulate the path of ‘Gaddar’!
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