Lecture | September 12, 2019 | 5-7 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall
Dr. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd is an Indian political theorist, writer and activist for Dalit rights. He is a major figure in the ideological movement against the Indian caste system and has been instrumental in internationalizing Dalit-Bahujan issues. Born into a Shudra family in the village of Papaiahpet, in what is now Telangana and was earlier part of the princely state of Hyderabad, he and his brother were the first in the family to gain literacy and a formal education, and to move away from their traditional occupation of shepherding.
Dr. Shepherd has published numerous deep and damning examinations of caste, including Why I am not a Hindu (1996) and Buffalo Nationalism: A Critique of Spiritual Fascism (2004), that have led to threats and attacks against him throughout his career.
His other books include , God As Political Philosopher: Buddha's challenge to Brahminism (2000), Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution (2009), and his latest, From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual: My Memoirs (2018).
For his work he was awarded the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Award in 2000.
Dr. Shepherd recently retired as Director, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. Previously, he was a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Osmania University.
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