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100			_aTeltumbde, Anand
245			_aThe caste con census / _bAnand Teltumbde
260			_aNew Delhi ; _bnavayana, _c2025.
300			_a251 pages _c19 cm.
365			_bRs. 499.00
505			_aAbbreviations - Preface - 1. The Beginning: The Seeds of Jati - 2. Brahminism, Buddhism and Islam - 3. The Colonial Construction of Caste - 4. British Measures of Control - 5. Some Openings, Many Closures - 6. The Making of 'Constitutional Caste" - 7. Mandal and the Expansion of Reservation - 8. The Road that Led Us Here - 9. Data Politics: Miscounts and Missed Counts - 10. The BJP Ploy: What it Reveals and Conceals - 11. The Con Behind the Consensus - 12. The 'General' Invisibiliy and the Rise of Ews - 13 0BC EBC MBC EWS: The Sour Soup of Social Justice - 14. The Future of Reservation - 15. A Way Out of the Mess - Conclusion: A Reshaping, Not a Reflection - Notes - References - Index - About the Author.
520			_aIt is the C word that counts. It has been almost a hundred years since the last nation-wide caste count. The 1931 Census, a British exercise, accounted for 4,147 castes. The Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011 returned over 46 lakh caste names. Castes are countless. Caste, by definition, divides. And in the modern period, castes have only multiplied. Many advocates of social justice believe that counting castes will help redress inequalities. Is this true? What will a more detailed headcount reveal? How will the data be used? In an age when the state often fudges truth and numbers, what are the consequences? Will there be a quota for everyone? Can annihilation of caste ever be a reality? Anand Teltumbde wades through the history, maths and dynamics of this debate, and lays bare all that is at stake.
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