Ebook {Epub PDF} Turning the Pot Tilling the Land by Kancha Ilaiah

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes with passionate anger, laced with sarcasm, on the caste system and Indian society. He looks at the socioeconomic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans and Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market relations, power relations, Gods and Goddesses, death and, not the least, Hindutva. Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha Ilaiah. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land” as /5.  · In this book, Kancha Ilaiah throws light on the science, art and skill of adivasis, cattle-rearers, leatherworkers, potters, farmers, weavers, dhobis and barbers. The book documents the contributions to the betterment of human life by castes and communities despised as ‘lowly’ and ‘backward’. Recently, students opposed to reservation in educational institutions expressed protest by .

Kancha Ilaiaha Shepherd's first book, Why I am not Hindu, published in ′ made waves both in India and abroad. Having read that book and his subsequent books, Post Hindu India and Turning the Pot and Tilling the Land, I quickly started reading his just released Autobiography, From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual-My Memoirs. Unlike other autobiographies, which normally tend to. Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land: Dignity of Labour in our Times by Kancha Ilaiah. Navayana Publishing, Chennai. Pages Rs Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduism`s interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and.

Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land: Dignity of Labour in Our Times Paperback – 25 October by Durgabai Vyam Kancha Ilaiah (Author) out of 5 stars 20 ratings. Authored by Kancha Ilaiah - had not heard of him before, Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land looked interesting at first glance and I picked it up on a whim. The illustrations are by Durgabai Vyam, an artist belonging to the Gond tribe of central India and are reason enough for one to grab a copy. Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha Ilaiah. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land” as Want to Read: Want to Read. saving.