Brahmin
-
Politics
Muslim Brahmin axis rides high (on elephant back)
The BSP gives more Lok Sabha tickets to Brahmins and Muslims. The poster welcomes this Dalit-led coalition as an inverted pyramid that must trouble caste-hustlers.
-
Politics
The new un-touchables are rising
A short argument that Indian political dynasties, which held 29 per cent of seats in 2009, form a new untouchable caste of power, and that Brahmanism will outlast Brahmins because…
-
Society
Democracy against Brahmins
A post on California’s debate over affirmative action and Asian Americans, linking it to Tamil Nadu’s 69 per cent reservation policy and the history of Brahmins there, with extracts from…
-
Science
Bengalis are like Tamils, and Jatts are sui generis, and Syrian Christians are not Brahmins
Reading Zack Ajmal’s Harappa DNA sample, the author concludes that Bengalis, like Tamils, show a genetic split between Brahmins and non-Brahmins, that Jatts stand apart as a distinct group, and…