Our first speaker Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd begins speaking on 'From Colonial to the Everyday: Hindutva’s Caste Ambiguity' 
What are called as ‘Hindu texts’ do not have anything about counting people, including the Rig Veda. They do not mention the role of the productive communities of Shudras and their numbers.
Whether it is the right wing, the left wing, the liberals, none have spoken about the damage by the Hindu texts about the absence of productive communities.
During the British times most academicians were upper castes, hardly any Shudras. In fact, during the first census of 1871, the British administrators thought the Brahmins were majority of population since they were the most in touch with them.
Post the census they found out that Brahmins were an absolute minority, that they were about 4% of the entire population.
By the time UPA ended its rule and the second Mandal came in, there was an understanding that the Shudra+OBC question should not be pressed too much. Now the demand is from the OBCs themselves, because even the BJP is saying they are representing OBCs.
The BJP project Narendra Modi as an OBC candidate and has got power.
OBCs census is not about reservation, it is about censorship, legal and spiritual censorship. Where are they in Hinduism, in temples, in central government, in government offices? Caste census should be for advancing democracy.
Caste census should be for advancing democracy. CPI, CPM won't change, as much as BJP RSS have, I will not support a Left revolution because it will still be dominated by Brahmins.
Ambedkarism should show us the way ahead, education agenda has to be completely shifted, English medium for all should be part of the Shudra/OBC nation building. Then only a different form of democratic discourse will start in India.
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