By talking about Rajeev's Stanford background, you seem to be implying that if you are educated abroad, you should automatically develop a contempt for anything that is Hindu! It is this sense of shame that forms the pivot of Intelectualism that is stridently anti-majority.
Let me tell you what are the hardships inflicted on Brahmins in Tamil Nadu:
First and foremost, they were targeted as being responsible for all the social ills like untouchability. Analysing caste system from the time of its disintegration is being very unfair to it. It was a vibrant social order suitable to the social conditions prevailing at that time. Again, it did prescribe stingent punishment for Brahmins who swerved from the path of Dharma! It prescribed penury, pursuit of knowledge and austeriry to Brahmins. Holding them responsible for all that went wrong was a part of a carefully crafted conspiracy by the alien rulers, which was passed around as 'self-respect', social justice and such fancy sounding terms.
