Literate Tarzans in Mahatma Gandhi’s India

If everything in the 2011 census is to be believed then 74.04 percent of India’s 1.2 billion population are literate. But the census does not clearly define literacy. One quick search on Google too throws out almost nothing worth comprehending. There is no clear definition or benchmark to calculate literacy. The census defines literacy as anyone who can read and write his/her name shall be considered a literate. This means that if through Jane’s help Tarzan knows how to read and write T-A-R-Z-A-N and nothing else, he is a literate man by Indian standards. I can hear the gorillas clapping in glee feeling very proud to have a literate family member.

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