As Modi’s OBC background grew more and more in public discourse, Mohan Bhagwat started spelling out his anti-reservation, anti-minority agendas. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD4 January, 2022 09:02 am IST Representational image | PM Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat | ANIText Size: A- A+ The Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad’ organised by Yati Narsinghanand and others poses a serious threat … Continue reading Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad’ shows Modi is facing an internal threat from Sangh Parivar

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD | 28 DECEMBER, 2021 The Delhi Declaration  On December 21 2021 a major National Shudra/OBC conclave took place in Delhi Talkatora stadium with hundreds of activists, intellectuals and political leaders across parties, different universities and civil societal organizations. They brought out the first ever Shudra/OBC declaration, which has a historical significance for the … Continue reading The Message From the Shudra/OBC Conclave

Whenever India's farm sector was in jeopardy, Sikh-Punjabi farmers fought for their rights. The BJP underestimated them. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Sikhs in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh (representational image) | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintText Size: A- A+ The Sikh-Punjabi farmers are akin to the Tamil backward classes, who fought for OBC rights by bending the Delhi anti-reservation … Continue reading Guru Nanak vs RSS guru Hedgewar—farmer protests showed how Sikhs have a lesson for India

Caste What is the use of a new theory, if within it, the present status of Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis will not change?Nov 16, 2021 | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Intellectuals of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party are foregrounding the theory of integral humanism that Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916-1968) is said to have propounded.null … Continue reading RSS May Want to Peddle ‘Integral Humanism’ Now, But Its Core Is Devoted to Brahminism