in-the-name-of-the-people

Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Mar 24, 2023

In the name of the people

Fortune-tellers, snake-charmers, traditional healers, tightrope-walkers and others are just some of the hundreds of distinct communities that continue to be wrongly listed in the census. This injustice has robbed them of their identity and denies them access to state privileges due to marginalised groups

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Author

Pragati K.B.

Pragati K.B. is an independent journalist. She is pursuing a master's in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK.

Editor

Priti David

Priti David is the Executive Editor of PARI. She writes on forests, Adivasis and livelihoods. Priti also leads the Education section of PARI and works with schools and colleges to bring rural issues into the classroom and curriculum.