India, Dec. 22 -- Let there be Christmas to help us realise that Joseph, together with his young, pregnant wife, had to trudge a long distance to register in Bethlehem because of a Roman decree by Caesar Augustus that required everyone to return to their ancestral hometown for a census to account for taxation and lineage. Joseph was of King David's line, so he had to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem (David's city) with Mary. We live in a similar reality today in India: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has disenfranchised innumerable citizens who belong to the minority communities and to the poorer sections of society. With Census 2027 on the horizon, the reality for the entire country may become even worse! So let there be Christmas,...