[Reader-list] My caste and I

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All,

Here's one more.

Sorry for spamming the list like this. But I sincerely believe we need
to think more and debate more about this fizzy logic of identity.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes in Express -a caste census condemns us to
the tyranny of compulsory identities- a caste census condemns us to
misidentify the remedies of injustice-giving in to a caste census is
giving in to a discourse of raw political power-a caste census is the
basis for a self-destructive politics.-a caste census invites
misrecognition.

You may read his entire view at the Express site:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/my-caste-and-i/617530/0

The point we need to think about is this: If there is some grain of
reason in Mr. Mehta's arguments then would it not lead to a completely
bizzare set of database which is made up of misconstrued data units?

That UID could be beneficial is without a doubt, that technology could
benefit us in some way is also perhaps true however should not think
about the nature of information which we intend to feed in this
technology?

Warm regards

Taha