Kancha Ilaiah: Cast

Kancha Ilaiah is Indian scholar, activist and writer. Explore interesting quotes on cast.
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“The fight for rights and assertion is almost over. Now the fight is for intellectual equality, and that is where everything becomes controversial or problematic for upper castes.”

Quoted in "Caste discrimination: Invisible but omnipresent" in The Indian Express (01 February 2016) http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/caste-discrimination-invisible-but-omnipresent/.

“How do you change ancient prejudices in any society? You do it through repositioning caste at childhood. If young children are taught respect over a bedtime story or in class, that could help enormously”

Quoted in "One Man Takes Aim At Prejudice With Storybook" at The Washington Post (20 January 2008) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/19/AR2008011902412.html.

“Where is the honour in killing someone? Why are caste-based murders being labelled as honour killings? Dalits are being killed for their caste, so these are caste hatred killings and they should be called that.”

Quoted in Scroll.in (21 September 2018) https://scroll.in/latest/895332/telangana-do-not-describe-caste-based-murders-as-honour-killings-say-activists.