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Revision as of 00:47, 18 March 2006 by CmdrObot (talk | contribs) (sp: an social→a social)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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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