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Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

As India struggles with Covid-19, can the RSS evade responsibility for the crisis?

The ruling party’s parent organisation failed to gauge the enormity of the medical crisis and to direct the BJP to act appropriately.

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· May 27, 2021 · 09:00 am
What India holds for the future of Shudras: A book of essays explores new paths for the ‘caste’

An excerpt from Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s essay ‘Shudras and Democratic India’, part of the volume ‘The Shudras: Vision for a New Path’.

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· Feb 22, 2021 · 08:30 am
CAA-NRC debate: If religion is allowed to colour civil rights, India’s democracy will be imperiled

Even considering that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh discriminate against their minorities, why should a mature democracy like India do the same?

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· Jan 03, 2020 · 06:30 am

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The violence of caste: Why I have changed my name to Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

'I thought this is the best way to tell the Brahmin: I am now no longer interested in working to reform your spiritual culture.'

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· May 27, 2016 · 03:15 pm