Caste Count
The Shepherd of Readersburg | 03 October 2021: Every ten years the people of India are counted. A bunch of government employees literally go 1, 2, 3 knocking at people's doors. These government employees count themselves in too, of course.
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Finally, a whole lot of months later, there is a whole lot of numerical data giving which is added to procure a final count of the number of people living within the country. These are people who hold valid Aadhaar cards, passports, ration cards etc.
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Tourists and visitors from other countries are not counted in this.
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This counting of people is called census.
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Now why do we want you to get this, and why now?
One, because the latest census is due this year. It was supposed to be conducted last year. But couldn't be because of the pandemic.
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Second is because there are a lot of castes in India. People belong to various castes in India: Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes.
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Before we explain this second reason, you should know just one more thing about the census. When the government representatives come to your...
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