Why Amit Shah’s push for regional language-based higher education is a deceptive game

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

Independent India in 75 Years Has Not Fulfilled All Expectations of the Dalitbahujan

Caste The future of India and its people of all castes and communities now depends on the survival of the Constitution in its present form. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Photo: PTI As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and … Continue reading Independent India in 75 Years Has Not Fulfilled All Expectations of the Dalitbahujan

How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes about imagining the nation and the flag not in terms of who were or are in power – Nehru and Modi – but in terms of the philosophers and leaders – Phule and Ambedkar – who fought for freedom in its truest sense, that is the complete freedom of the Shudra/Ati-Shudra … Continue reading How the Tricolour can inspire us, the Bahujan, to fight for freedom in its truest sense | Forward Press

Anti-CAA to farmer protests—India’s productive masses are giving real meaning to Tiranga

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