census
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What would Braj Pradesh look like?
In 1961 ten mother tongues were grouped under Hindi. In 1971 the grouping widened to forty-eight, and Hindi’s share of India rose from 30 to 37 per cent in a…
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Statistics on Asian American interracial marriage statistics
Responding to a post on fetishising white men, the author sets out 2010 US Census figures on outmarriage among Asian American groups by generation and sex, cautioning that small US-born…
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Self-respect starts at home, Mr Kohli..
Seeing a Virat Kohli advertisement, the author argues celebrities need taste to build Brownitude’s international reputation, then questions Shah Rukh Khan’s remark that hundreds of religions coexist in India, noting…
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Muslims and Urdu in India
Razib Khan plots Census 2011 data on Urdu speakers against Muslim share by state, finding the core Urdu-identified region in the Deccan and Bihar, about 30 per cent of Tamil…
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Bharat is a different country
Sets out Census 2011 deprivation indicators showing that 69 per cent of Indians live in rural Bharat, where most households lack tap water, drainage, toilets and clean cooking fuel, far…
