The Question That Won A Big Battle in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —December 19, 2019 In Andhra Pradesh Assembly the anti-English medium, opposition leader, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, surrendered in a debate on 12 December, 2019. He said “we are not opposing introduction of English medium in Government schools’. With this surrender all his … Continue reading The Question That Won A Big Battle

Do English Educated Become Christians? in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —December 5, 2019 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy remained firm on the question of introducing English medium in Government schools and issued the orders to start the new education programme from 2020-21 academic year. Since then a new theory has been … Continue reading Do English Educated Become Christians?

Why It's Necessary to Remember George Reddy George Reddy, murdered by right wing forces in the 1970s when he was only 25, remains an inspiration for thinking youth even today Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 01/DEC/2019 I watched the Telugu film George Reddy with a lot of curiosity. It was released on November 22, 2019 and is … Continue reading Why It’s Necessary to Remember George Reddy

Before the election campaign of 2014, Jawaharlal Nehru was in danger of being forgotten by ordinary Indians. Even the Congress was not using his photo in the elections as often as they were using images of Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. India’s first prime minister had been relegated to a few academic corridors. … Continue reading Nehru’s message is alive, thanks to the BJP, his most ardent critic