Synopsis This volume is a tribute to the late Krishna Raj, the celebrated editor of Economic and Political Weekly. It brings together contributions of the author on a wide range of topics published in EPW during the last five years. It combines analysis of census data with reality check based on the author’s field work all over India. It also gives a glimpse of International conferences and seminars which the author attended. The foreword is written by Professor K.N. Raj, India’s most distinguished senior economist.