Should India strive to become the largest exporter of beef in the world?
Introduction Yogi Adityanath began his term as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with an intense campaign against the illegal slaughterhouses running in the State. This has temporarily shut down the meat industry More...
Religion Data of Census 2011: The Declining share of Sikhs in the population of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”VQa9c5x7jacdOQp7F0Z2xU37NjdPAg4h”] During 2001-11, the Sikhs have grown at a much lower rate compared to the Hindus; who themselves have grown slower than the total population More...
ORPs In Jharkhand
[contextly_sidebar id=”oD6vdstCcFrRNSa9GCTAh2ciwDhZsI29″] In the previous post, we have noted that the decline in the share of Indian Religionists (IRs), and the corresponding rise of Muslims and Christians, More...
The Indian Tradition of Growing and Sharing Food: A Lost Tradition
[contextly_sidebar id=”Pcsp1CjXbXbGTVwCsVcZqnyHCt9DShEk”] India it seems continued to follow this discipline till almost the present times. Texts of all ages from different parts of India emphasize the More...
The Indian Tradition Of Growing And Sharing Food: Annam Bahukurvita
This article is based on a book by the authors entitled Annam Bahu Kurvita: Recollecting the Indian Discipline of Growing and Sharing of Food in Plenty, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, Madras. Detailed More...
Religion Data of Census 2011: Jharkhand And Reversal of the imbalance
[contextly_sidebar id=”ODpef8oiZ4RV1sSb8hwNEfyDzVay2uKC”] Southeastern part of Bihar, comprising the Purnia region, and Jharkhand mark the beginning of the eastern border region of India that More...
Religion Data of Census 2011: The Case of Bihar
[contextly_sidebar id=”M8GBspo3sePxzv6mtM4p2puexIQ4tA2e”] As we have said earlier there are two major stories emerging from the religion data of Census 2011. The first is the usual story of Muslims considerably More...
Religion Data of Census 2011: II The Imbalance Worsens
In this second post on the religion data of Census 2011, we give the main national aggregate numbers about the changes that have taken place in the share of different communities during 2001-11, and try to put these More...
Census 2011 Religion Data: Numbers Matter
Religion and Caste have been the two great determinants of Indian history, politics and social organisation. These two parameters are so important that no field level administrator can possibly do without knowing More...
Census 2011 Religious Data: Truth About Muslim Growth Rate
The recently released data of religious census is an eye opener for many. While Hindus have first time been enumerated below 80%, Muslims have registered the highest growth rate in the last decade with 24.6%. This More...