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Congress condemns attack on Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah, terms it attempt to stifle democracy
• 8 years agoA police official in Parkal had said on Saturday that members of the Arya Vysya community had been protesting over Ilaiah's book 'Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu' (Vysyas are social smugglers).
JNU student suicide: Polarised school system alienates Dalits from English speaking middle class
Monobina Gupta • 8 years agoIn the midst of the debate over Vemula's suicide, Sukhadeo Thorat, former UGC chairperson, made some observations about the continued distress of Dalit students in colleges and universities.
Non-vegetarian food banned in Lucknow varsity campus
Ians • 9 years agoNon-vegetarian food has been banned in the Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar University (BBAU) mess here, officials said on Tuesday.
Vegetarianism is anti-nationalism: Kancha Ilaiah on Ambedkar's food democracy
Vishnupriya • 9 years agoKancha Ilaiah speaks to Firstpost about the status of oppressed classes post Independence, identity/caste politics, rise of Dalit student activism, ‘Ambedkarism’ and the relevance of BR Ambedkar in the current political scenario.
Is English education an answer to Dalits' woes?
Fp Staff • 12 years agoDalit political scientist Kancha Ilaiah points out that tempests in teacups over politics of symbolism shouldn't take over a pressing need to make education in English accessible to Dalits.
Intellectual goondagiri cannot be allowed to go on: Kancha Ilaiah
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd • 12 years agoNandy's comment part of intellectual goondagiri: Kancha Ilaiah
Fp Staff • 12 years agoDalit intellectual Kancha Ilaiah said that Ashis Nandy's comments were part of intellectual goondagiri against the Dalits and should be condemned as strongly as street goondagiri.
Nandy made bad statement with good intentions: Kancha Ilaiah
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIIaiah's statement comes a day after Nandy was booked by Rajasthan Police under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for his comment.
JLF: Javed Akhtar spars with Kancha Illaiah over religion
Fp Archives • 12 years agoA quarrel over religion broke out between Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar and Dalit activist and writer Kancha Illaiah at the Jaipur Literature Festival here on Friday.
Beef Festival organisers are foolish lambs to the slaughter
Vembu • 13 years agoThe caste-baiting organisers of the #BeefFestival deluded themselves into thinking they were asserting their “food rights”. But it's their political patrons backstage who will harvest the fruits of their folly.