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Author Ilaiah, K. (Kancha), 1952- author

Title Buffalo nationalism : a critique of spiritual fascism / Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Published New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2019
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Summary ‘O Mother Lachumamma, your blouse is torn, Your hair is soiled, your sari in rags . . . Even in that condition what have you done? You planted saplings, walking backwards like a bull, In order to produce food from the mud.’ Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd translates these words of the Telugu poet, singer, activist Gaddar to emphasize the productivity of the ordinary people, the Dalit-Bahujans of India, who receive so little in return. Arguing forcefully against spiritual fascism, which refuses equality or freedom to the majority, he commends the buffalo as a productive animal that epitomizes the qualities of the Dalit-Bahujans. This book contains a selection from Ilaiah Shepherd’s columns in The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Deccan Chronicle, Hindustan Times among others, and journals such as Mainstream and Economic and Political Weekly. Of particular interest is the new Afterword that discusses his political and social programme for the Sudras of India, presenting his vision of a more just society.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 On Communal Violence -- 1 Ayodhya: What Stake Do OBCs Have? -- 2 Consequences of the Call for Epic War -- 3 Dalit, OBC and Muslim Relations -- 4 The Rise of Modi -- Part 2 On Clash of Civilizations -- 5 A Case of Slipping Morality -- 6 A Lesson to Be Learnt -- 7 The Invisible Country -- 8 Heroes Who Made the World Rock and Roll -- Part 3 On Social Justice -- 9 A Paradigm Shift -- 10 Attacks on Ambedkar -- 11 The Bard Whose Song Is His Weapon -- 12 Countering the Counter-Revolution -- 13 Hindutva and the War-Loving Self -- 14 Spiritual Fascism and Civil Society -- 15 Freedom Unattained -- Part 4 On Caste -- 16 The Buffalo's Unholy Milk -- 17 Durban, Caste and Indian Democracy -- 18 Secularism: The Predicament of the OBCs -- 19 Caste and Women's Sexuality -- 20 Caste Shadows in London -- 21 Caste in a New Mould -- Part 5 On the Right to Religion -- 22 Hinduism and the Right to Religion -- 23 Reject the Oppressor -- 24 Religion and Democracy -- 25 Spiritual Democracy -- 26 Where Should the Reform Begin? -- Part 6 On Electoral Politics -- 27 Sonia, Swadeshi and Videshi -- 28 The End of Dalit Ideology? -- 29 Major Priorities -- Part 7 On Culture -- 30 Cow and Culture -- 31 Cows, Buffaloes and Nationalism -- 32 Hinduism and Capitalist Ethics -- 33 The Buddha Smiles in Afghanistan -- Part 8 On Globalization -- 34 Cultural Globalization -- 35 Dalits and Globalization -- 36 Death Wish? -- Part 9 On Education -- 37 A Lesson from African English -- 38 Caste, Clinton and IT Revolution -- 39 Through Books, Ships and Sea -- 40 Blacks, Science and National Pride -- 41 Education and the Dignity of Labour -- 42 Reservations: Experience as Framework of Debate -- Part 10 Afterword -- Afterword: Where Are the Sudras? -- Index -- About the Author
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Subject Religion and politics -- India
Dalits -- Political activity
Fascism -- India -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Radicalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789353282585 (electronic bk.)
9353282586 (electronic bk.)