This seems to be a politically motivated move? On one hand we talk about the teachings of Geeta vasudev kutumbakam which means that the entire world is a big family and on the other hand we talk about the census and ask people about their castes. It is entirely baseless. India is a secular country, where all its citizens enjoy equal rights why then suddenly the need for caste bsed census.
We have always encouraged inter-caste, inter-regional as wll as across the border marriages. Do we ever ask our friends about their caste and now suddenly out of the blue the state asks me about my caste? Isn’t it weird. We might be culturally different, ractisind different religion speakind different languages, but to be branded by the state on the basis of our caste should not be the call of the day.
Instead of extending our horizons are we trying to confine ourselves to the four-walls of casteism. Isn’t it strange that though we call ourselves as a developing country, a country of diversities, a secular state we are more communal than the other countries.
Let us all rise, join hands and do not restrict ourselves with the all bondages of caste and state that our caste is that we are Indians. Enough is enough we do not want to be manipulated by the politicians for their own conveniences.
Lets all bring about the required social awareness of change of development of a country as a whole.
Dr. Medhavi Chourey
