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Kancha Ilaiah is a prominent anti-Hindu 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 critic of the Hindu religion, he has on numerable occasions criticized the practices of Caste and Untouchability. Recently he testified before the U.S. Congress against the practice of Untouchability and urged the US Government to work with the Indian government to end persecution against Muslims and Christians.
He joined hands in this campaign with the All India Christian Council, headed by Dr. Joseph D'Souza and other Christian activists of India . Dr. Joseph D'Souza is also associated with USA based Dalit Freedom Network, which actively participated in the Californian Hindu textbook controversy to oppose edits proposed by Hindu groups.
According to Joseph D'souza, Kancha Ilaiah has served as the "influential ideologue" for the the "Quit Hinduism" movement leading to Chennai Dalit Mass Conversions Of Dec 6th, 2002 .
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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