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

Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools in India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd —November 12, 2019 The Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy Government recently issued orders for implementation of English medium in Government schools from the academic year 2020-21. It said that from next academic year from class 1 to 6th all … Continue reading Countering Hypocrisy of Ruling Class on English Medium Education in Government Schools

In a two-pronged approach, the state is providing financial assistance to mothers of school-going children and changing the language of instruction in government schools to English. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd 05/NOV/2019 Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy announced a few days ago that all mothers from poor families who are sending their children to school … Continue reading Andhra Pradesh’s New Education Policy Could Create Lasting Structural Changes

BJP's Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education Whom exactly does Amit Shah want to impose the learning of Hindi on in south India and the northeast? Clearly, this proposal is only applicable to poor children in villages who study at government schools. By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd A few days ago, I was giving … Continue reading BJP’s Linguistic Agenda Is Antithetical to Progress and Education