CENSUS: A nation of 1.21 billion

Biometric identification attracts major opposition

Demand grows for scrapping the biometric identification system  

Faecal signs

The seven-second meet

On an assignment in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, TIASA ADHYA spends four days on a dinghy and chances upon the elusive cat on day three  

Sense of self

Biometry’s colonial roots  

Ashish Bose: a man who counted

India’s foremost demographer had a lively interest in a host of societal issues, specially the state of the aam admi

India now has 1,706 tigers

At the last count their number was 1,411; experts doubt latest census

Paper tigers abound in Sunderbans

Officials inflated tiger population to unrealistic figures  

Forest officials kept eyes tightly shut

When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. …

Obituary: Ashish Bose, a man who counted

India’s foremost demographer had a lively interest in a host of societal issues, specially the state of the aam aadmi

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