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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