British Colonial censuses did not merely record caste, they froze it, standardised it, and permanently tied it to governance. Independent India inherited this mechanism.

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But that’s not all. We also have Pure Science, National Interest, ThePrint Uninterrupted, Global Print, Politically Correct and PoliTricks.

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