The 2011 Indian Census will be the largest census in the history of mankind. An expenditure of Rs 2,209 crore. Eleven million tonnes of paper. Lakhs of man-hours. Not surprising, given that even folks like missionary-burning Bajrang Dal activists have stayed true to the Biblical diktat of being fruitful and multiplying. As one expects, this massive task is not without its share of controversies. First off, there was the case of the census question about one’s caste. Apparently, several intellectual, urban Indians whose parents were busy using caste to filter for suitable grooms and brides for them, had a problem with their census entries identifying them as belonging to a caste. But that’s nothing compared to the sort of ludicrous nonsense that’s been going on in Mizoram.
Apparently, some religious fanatics there have perceived the Unique Identity Project and the census as bad omens. Referring to quite possibly the most unhinged part of the Bible, the Book of Revelations, these religious people with low cognitive ability point to the verse 13:17 that says “No man might buy or sell, save the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name”. More...
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