Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Every  October 5 is being celebrated as Indian English day by several equal medium education lovers in India. This is 203rd   year of the birth of English medium school education in India. The first English medium school in Calcutta was started by William Carey a British missionary, who came from a cobbler … Continue reading Why The Farmers Need English Education? Indian English Day Diary

Kshatriyas, who never took to modernity, are now beginning to assert themselves politically and in the film industry. Sep 22, 2020 | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, Kangana Ranaut’s rebellion against the Shiva Sena government and also the so-called drug culture of Bollywood is not mere politicking – it has deep caste dimensions as … Continue reading The Caste Dimensions of Kangana Ranaut’s Onslaught on Bollywood

In this extract from ‘Rebels with a cause: Famous dissenters and why they are not being heard,’ TT Ram Mohan explores anti-caste activist Kancha Ilaiah’s formative years. KANCHA ILAIAH/ FACEBOOKNEWS BOOK EXCERPT  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 - 10:52TT Ram Mohan Ilaiah is one of the foremost intellectuals of the Sudra caste, traditionally regarded as the lowest of … Continue reading How anti-caste activist Kancha Ilaiah’s mother was an inspiration for his rebellion

An earth shaking book  When I was reading Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, even before completing the book I realised that a Black sister had come to our older house of 3,500 years from an old house of 400 years.She told us that you have to pull it down and build a new … Continue reading A Black Sister Came, Saw the Older House and Told Us to Pull it Down