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'''Kancha Ilaiah''' is an social ], thinker and scholar. He was born into ] Golla family on ] ] and was brought up in a small ] village. His family's main profession was sheep farming. He earned his doctorate degree in political science at the ] in ], India. His Ph.D thesis was based on Gautama Buddha's Political Philosophy. '''Kancha Ilaiah''' is a social ], thinker and scholar. He was born into ] Golla family on ] ] and was brought up in a small ] village. His family's main profession was sheep farming. He earned his doctorate degree in political science at the ] in ], India. His Ph. D thesis was based on Gautama Buddha's Political Philosophy.


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Kancha Ilaiah is a social activist, thinker and scholar. He was born into Kuruma Golla family on October 5 1952 and was brought up in a small south Indian village. His family's main profession was sheep farming. He earned his doctorate degree in political science at the Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. His Ph. D thesis was based on Gautama Buddha's Political Philosophy.

Dr. Kancha Ilaiah is currently Professor and Chairman of Political Science, Osmania University.

He is an outspoken activist in the Dalit-Bahujan (Scheduled and Backwards Castes) and civil liberties movement. A fierce, hardline and a vociferous critic of Hindu religion, he has on numerable occasions attacked and trashed the Hindu religion. His latest attack was testifying before U.S. Congress against Hindus especially the so-called upper castes and urging the US Government to review ties with Indian Republic for its "Genocide" against Muslims and Christians.

He is the author of several books, including

  • Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra critique of Hindutva philosophy, culture and political economy
  • God as Political Philosopher--Buddha's Challenge to Brahminism
  • Democracy in India --- A Hollow Shell
  • Buffalo Nationalism--A critique of spiritual fascism

His book, Why I Am Not A Hindu has been a best-seller in India. However, it has also drawn severe condemnations from many, who have called the book a shallow understanding of Hindu religion and blissful ignorance of several aspects of its philosophy and mythology.

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