Rajgruha Chowk is quiet on a Tuesday afternoon. The police officers sitting guard outside tell us that the museum is closed. A little back and forth, and the man himself, Anand Teltumbde, steps out through the small wrought-iron gate of the house where he resides with his wife Rama Ambedkar, granddaughter of Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Teltumbde comes out wearing a blue shirt, grey pants and his rectangular spectacle frames that have become synonymous with the activist. The occasion? The release of Teltumbde’s book, The Caste Con Census published by Navayana, on November 5. Throughout the book, Teltumbde’s experience as a data scientist is evident, along with his ability to break down the chronological order of origin story of caste, which gives us an insight into what kind of teacher he must have been as well.