Hyderabad: Chappals thrown at writer and intellectual Kancha Ilaiah

by Guest Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:53 pm

I personally don't agree with what Kancha says and writes, but I deplore this method of targeting him by throwing chappals at him. Those who disagree with Kancha should present their alternative viewpoints. People like Kancha have to be combated at an intellectual level, and not by throwing chappals.

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Writer and intellectual Dr Kancha Ilaiah, 64, who is under fire from the Vysya community for his book titled ‘Samajika smugglurlu komatollu’ (Vysyas are social smugglers), had to run to protect himself from protesting community members who allegedly became aggressive at Parkal in Telangana.

Dr Ilaiah had to run into a Parkal town police station to save himself after some people flung footwear at him at Dr B R Ambedkar statue in Parkal town in Warangal district. “Dr Ilaiah was in Parkal to attend some function when Vysya community members stopped him. Some people allegedly threw chappals at him and he ran into the police station for protection. The protestors were dispersed and he has returned to Hyderabad,’’ Parkal Police Station inspector J Narsimhalu said.

The Vysya associations are livid with Dr Ilaiah for his book titled `Samajika smugglurlu komatollu’ (Vysyas are social smugglers). Vysya associations are complaining that the title and some contents of the book are derogatory and offensive to the community. They are demanding the book be withdrawn immedidately. J Venkateshwar, president of AP Arya Vysya Mahasabha, said Dr Ilaiah should issue an unconditional apology and withdraw the book.

Dr Ilaiah had lodged a lodged a complaint at Osmania University Police Station that there was a threat to his life but police has not provided any protection to him yet.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/hyderabad-chappals-thrown-at-dalit-writer-kancha-ilaiah-under-fire-from-vysya-community-for-his-book-4857851/

by Guest Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:15 am

Hyderabad: A recent Telugu translation of a chapter from Post-Hindu India, a book in English written by prominent Dalit and backward caste voice Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, first published in 2009, has created a huge controversy. There have been protests, police and court cases, anonymous death threats and a split among the free speech support groups. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has officially condemned the author and the book, while a parliamentarian of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from the Vysya community has sought a change in the laws of the country so the author can be hanged publicly.
Shepherd, who is director at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, writes in Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu (‘Vysyas as Social Smugglers’) that the Vysya community, though numerically small in population, has appropriated a huge share of economic resources and that their businesses, ranging from money lending to private enterprises, are exploitative of the lower castes.

The community is up in arms, arguing that it was a non-violent, law-abiding and productive group, contributing to the development and growth of the country by creating jobs and investing, helping social prosperity. The book’s contents, they say, are “derogatory and demeaning”.
Since the release of the book, the community has been protesting and picketing, and has filed cases against the author. The Arya Vysya Association (AVA) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying the “book hurt feelings of the Arya Vysya community” and “was written without any evidence and historical facts”.
Seeking a ban on the book and legal action against Shepherd, the community has staged protests in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, even burning the author’s effigies.

TDP MP’s threat
Tension heightened over the matter when TDP MP T.G. Venkatesh addressed a press conference against the author and sought that he be “hanged publicly”.
While the author wondered how the community’s leaders could claim they were “peaceful” when one of the richest and most powerful individuals among them, a parliamentarian, openly threatened to have an author hanged publicly, the MP said that he was merely asking for legal punishment.
“We remain a peaceful community. We are very hurt by the unintellectual writings of this man. I hope the community will be protected against such hateful rants posturing as intellectual work. There are no facts here, only naked hatred. I hope the laws can be changed to punish this man,” said Venkatesh.
“Can an MP who issues a fatwa against a citizen – that too a globally known writer and thinker – continue in parliament? One of richest MPs in India, he has declared a fatwa on me that he would kill or hang me in the streets. The myth that Arya Vysyas are a peace loving and non-violent community has been proved to be wrong,” said Shepherd.

https://thewire.in/180084/bjp-tdp-back-arya-vysya-communitys-battle-kancha-ilaiahs-book/

by SomeProfile Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:06 pm

Good job! Asshole deserves it.

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:15 pm

SomeProfile wrote:Good job! Asshole deserves it.

His agenda is clear - to malign Hinduism and create problems between communities.

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