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Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
The writer is director, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.
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How Congress brings Ambedkar and Sardar Patel on the same tableSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 17:50 IST
Until Rahul Gandhi, Congress didn’t realise that Patel and Ambedkar were not given their dues. The BJP helped Congress re-examine its nationalist roots and paved the way for research on these icons who have been relevant across caste and class lines
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
After caste survey, Telangana will face hurdles in tweaking quotasSubscriber Only
February 05, 2025 16:42 IST
Revanth Reddy-led government would have to implement the Congress promise of 42 per cent reservation for OBCs in the upcoming local body elections.
Thu, Feb 13, 2025
Prince Jaibir Singh’s struggle against IIT Bombay will inspire others like himSubscriber Only
December 01, 2021 03:15 IST
🔴 Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes: For reserved category students, the struggle doesn’t end with admission to higher education institutions
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
Why Andhra Pradesh’s education policy deserves to be scaled up nationallySubscriber Only
August 17, 2021 17:02 IST
CM Jagan Mohan Reddy has made sure that students are taught in the English medium at all levels, from anganwadi to university. That is a quantum jump in India’s educational language policy.
Tue, Aug 17, 2021
Asaduddin Owaisi’s success in carving out a Muslim constituency will benefit BJP and bleed the CongressSubscriber Only
December 14, 2020 00:15 IST
The RSS mode of targeting Muslims as the permanent enemy, and Owaisi’s attempts to organise Muslims electorally, may lead to a national disorientation and gradual disaster.
Mon, Dec 14, 2020
How Rahul Gandhi can prove Obama wrongSubscriber Only
November 29, 2020 18:39 IST
If he takes up a moral political route, vows to end dynasty rule in Congress and accommodates ambitious regional leaders, Rahul Gandhi and his party have a fighting chance.
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
Response to Hathras rape case suggests ‘varna’ values are being upheld by stateSubscriber Only
November 05, 2020 03:04 IST
A Dalit woman’s body and sexuality are of no worth. A Dalit woman is treated as Dalit by the state, even after rape and murder.
Thu, Nov 05, 2020
The Hard TruthSubscriber Only
March 07, 2020 23:21 IST
A Dalit insider’s experiment with touchables
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
A New CastSubscriber Only
July 24, 2019 01:12 IST
By elevating D Raja to the post of general secretary, CPI makes history.
Wed, Jul 24, 2019
If caste is about experience, PM Modi has never spoken about discrimination he faced on account of his birthSubscriber Only
May 08, 2019 00:05 IST
A section of the OBCs who were outside the fold of the BJP, voted for the party in 2014. But within a short time, the forces that matter in the RSS/BJP started opposing OBC reservation. The PM did not object even once to their negation of OBC reservation.
Wed, May 08, 2019
Main nahin chowkidarSubscriber Only
March 23, 2019 00:02 IST
BJP slogan gets it so wrong. No self-respecting chowkidar would like to be in that job in India
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Two patriarchiesSubscriber Only
November 22, 2018 00:15 IST
India’s right wing is quick to condemn Talibani patriarchy. But they outrage over the calling out of Brahminical patriarchy
Thu, Nov 22, 2018
My books, my truthsSubscriber Only
October 27, 2018 00:30 IST
My work reflects the lived realities of marginalised communities. A methodology that depends on secondary data cannot do justice to first-hand knowledge
Sat, Oct 27, 2018
Notes from the CPM congressSubscriber Only
April 24, 2018 00:05 IST
A politics based on democratic welfarism could offer a political alternative. The Bahujan Left Front in Telangana comprising communists and Ambedkarites may show the way.
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Exception makes the ruleSubscriber Only
March 26, 2018 01:30 IST
Apex court verdict will make the SC/ST Atrocities Act toothless, roll back social transformation
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
To Be or Not to BeSubscriber Only
March 24, 2018 06:16 IST
In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of Hindutva
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Revolutionary RoadSubscriber Only
February 10, 2018 00:33 IST
In her debut book, Sujatha Gidla tells the story of her uncle, KG Satyamurthy, co-founder of People’s War Group, and the struggle of a poverty-stricken Dalit family as they negotiated caste
Sat, Feb 10, 2018
A call to left-liberalsSubscriber Only
October 17, 2017 01:00 IST
Their silence on questions of caste could make them complicit in oppression of Dalit-Bahujan
Tue, Oct 17, 2017
The war over valuesSubscriber Only
March 25, 2017 00:50 IST
Western tensions about migration show deep anxiety about core beliefs, including democracy
Sat, Mar 25, 2017
Backsliding on casteSubscriber Only
October 10, 2016 00:14 IST
The Congress’s Brahmin mobilisation in Uttar Pradesh is a retrograde turn in its politics.
Mon, Oct 10, 2016
Cow democracy: How protection of cow has come to mean oppression of DalitsSubscriber Only
August 01, 2016 00:05 IST
In the present mood, one can go to the TV debate, even critique Narendra Modi but not gau mata. If one does that, he/she may come out with his/her skin peeled.
Mon, Aug 01, 2016
A Kautilya in the BJPSubscriber Only
July 01, 2016 00:02 IST
Why Subramanian Swamy’s real target is not Raghuram Rajan or Arvind Subramanian.
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