Professor Kancha Ilaiah, kuruma by caste, sister community of Yadav
who converted to Christianity by faith, is one of the revolutionary scholars of
south Asia whose works are creating ripples in the heart of lunatic Hindus. He
is an icon for sub-subaltern groups in Indian subcontinent. His academic
writings are more powerful than the Karl Marx and Dr B R Ambedkar. He is the
first radical thinker who rejected Brahmanical Hinduism in any form after
Periyar Ramasamy. Indeed, Periyar Ramasamy was the first radical activist
against Hindu idols. He used to destroy the Hindu temples in Tamil speaking
region. Nobody can equate to Ramasamy in standing against Brahmanical Hinduism.
Following the footsteps of Periyar Ramasamy or Mahatma Jothibha Phule or Dr B R
Ambedkar or Kanshi Ram, Kancha Ilaiah is publishing thought breaking academic
writings by deconstructing the myths of Hindutva theories and practices. His:
Manatatwam
(in Telugu), have shaken the Indian academy. His Dalit-bahujan discourse in
Indian academy has brought out many realities of Brahmanical conspiracy to
suppress the freedom of thought, critique, truth and adequate research in
Indian academy. Brahmanical or non-Brahmanical writings have spoiled the spirit
of knowledge creation. Most
interestingly, writes the dalitbahujan intellectual Kancha Ilaiah, one can derive social theories and history
that were kept invisible, for centuries, to the society from these (personal)
experiences. Personal experience brings out reality in a striking way. I argue
that this is the only possible and indeed the most authentic way in which the
deconstruction and reconstruction of history can take place. (Why I am not
a Hindu, P.xii). Personal experiences can also be used to assess/interrogate the
relation between individual and socio-cultural theories.
Hence, his Dalit-bahujan identity has broken the Indian academy from its
Brahmanical writings to Dalit writings but unfortunately scholars who are
writing on Dalit modernity are not coming from the Dalit communities but
non-Dalit communities such as Professor Kancha Ilaiah or Professor Sharmila
Rege. Ambedkar followers in the Indian academy are sleeping without any
academic work. Therefore non-Dalit communities such as Yadav to which Professor
Kancha Ilaiah belong or Madiga to which Dr Gundimeda Sambaiah belong or some
progressive Brahmins to which Dr Ananya Vajpay, Professor Rajni Kotari and Professor
Upendra Bakshi belong and non-Brahmins like Professor G Aloysius and Professor
Sharmila Rege belong, took the responsibility of these lazy Ambedkar followers who
never read and write except spoiling the spirit of academic discourses by their
caste groups. Above thought breaking scholars are representing the cause of
Dalits in academic discourses. It is a shame for shameless Ambedkar followers
in the academics. But they never feel ashamed of depending on non-Mala or
non-Mahar communities for intellectual writings on their issues. Ilaiah’s
creative writings are thought breaking with ground breaking realities of Hindu
society. One can’t write the Indian history, polity, philosophy and culture and
tradition without going through the writings of Professor Kancha Ilaiah.
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