strysh4, You said: "If a community has to grow there has to be effort from within - not pampering" Please read the news about Dalits' houses burnt in Gohana, Haryana and Akola, Maharashtra. How many times have Brahmins' houses been burnt in caste violence? If you had any sense of the misery and oppression that Dalits and Backward Castes have to go through in their daily lives, you would not be talking about "pampering". After having enjoyed the fruits of education and cornering of all jobs for 2000 years, it is easy to comment about other communities having to "grow from within". Although caste violence may not now involve Brahmins - mainly because of their migration to urban areas, Brahmins have played an active role in suppressing other castes. There is good reason for all the "advancements" that you talk about: it is education and money that Brahmins cornered BECAUSE of the caste system they put in place. To talk even now as if Brahmins have "special" qualities is plain and simple casteist and racist.
