Caste Census: Foundation for Social Justice—Don't Let Political Promises Become Empty Rhetoric By T. Chiranjeevulu IAS (Ret) , Founder and President BCIF (BC Intellectuals Forum) In the 79-year history of independent India, many critical issues have been debated. Land reforms, reservations, linguistically organised states, and economic reforms have shaped the nation's future. Yet one issue remains unresolved—one directly connected to social justice: the caste census . Other backward classes (OBCs), who constitute the largest percentage of India's population, have demanded for decades that their actual population figures and socio-economic conditions be officially recorded. Yet political parties have used this issue as an election promise only to retreat once in power. The History of Caste Census Caste-based data collection in India is not new. British rulers initiated caste enumeration in the census from 1881 onward. The 1931 census was the last to comprehensive...
Riddles in Hinduism by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar A Comprehensive Summary with A Rationale for Every Indian to Read This Work "The soul of India lives in its villages and its oppressed." — Dr. B. R. Ambedkar About the Author Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) was one of the most towering intellectuals India has ever produced. Born into a Dalit (Mahar) family in British India, he overcame extreme social discrimination to earn doctorates from Columbia University (New York) and the London School of Economics. He was the principal architect of the Constitution of India, the country's first Law Minister, and a lifelong crusader for the rights of the oppressed. Riddles in Hinduism was written in the 1950s and was published posthumously. It represents Ambedkar's most thorough, scholarly, and unsparing examination of the foundations of Hinduism — its scriptures, its theology, its soci...