May 27, 2014, 7:52 am IST kancha ilaiah First time in Indian history, a PM declared that he hailed from a lower caste India's 15th Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI/File) “The coming decade is of dalits and other weaker sections.”Narendra Modi, March 2, 2014Narendra Modi’s spectacular win across India packs in massive implications for … Continue reading Modi: Lincoln or Bush?

World-class private universities and Hindu-Hindi public universities

Opposing the use of the English language as the medium of teaching and learning in public institutions and allowing it to flourish in private institutions is a dangerous method that over a period of time will lead to Indian English becoming the new Sanskrit – a preserve of the few, writes Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdBY KANCHA … Continue reading World-class private universities and Hindu-Hindi public universities

Why Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle doesn’t really benefit SCs, STs and OBCs

As long as there are foreign-educated, dominant-caste ministers who find a Cabinet position via Rajya Sabha, SCs, STs and OBCs will continue to lose out. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a group photograph with ministers during the swearing-in ceremony as part of Union Cabinet expansion, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi today … Continue reading Why Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle doesn’t really benefit SCs, STs and OBCs