Counting Caste : Census Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India, Hardcover by Vithayathil, Trina, ISBN 1009414119, ISBN-13 9781009414111, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

It investigates the Indian state's efforts to implement social justice reforms, focusing on the 2011 Census caste data collection. Th critiques the institutionalization of 'castelessness' and the persistence of caste privilege.