The upper caste and the rich can continue to learn English in expensive private institutions, it is the Bahujans who will suffer.
From Nehru to Vajpayee to Manmohan Singh, no Prime Minister has attended a Christmas prayer meeting, singing carols, but Modi did,...
English Education: Essential for economic mobility, English faces challenges from Hindi promotion in India, impacting rural SC/ST/OBC...
In a rare theoretical broadside, the Congress veteran has accused the ruling dispensation of plotting an 'ideological coup' to replace...
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd named in Congress's OBC committee; denies taking membership in party. In a recent blog post Kancha Iliah has slammed the...
Kancha Ilaiah's The Shudra Rebellion rewrites history from below, where spades built cities and obedience was not a choice.
It is a vitriolic account not only of oppression and the infliction of suffering, but of something far trickier for the privileged to grasp:...
Religious ideology is being used to manipulate elections and weaken secularism; this raises concerns of a shift towards authoritarianism,...
I was born in a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, near the border of Bihar, where most of my family still resides.
This article is based on excerpts from a talk by Prof. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd at the first KP Sasi Webinar on Politics of Language and...
Scholar and author known for writing on caste, Dalit identity and social justice; a prominent public intellectual.
