senthilvel,cyba et al, yes, brahmins are just 3%, I agree 60 yrs ago there was discrimination. What about now ? after all these years of state sponsored anti-brahminism ? You guys any better ? no . Don't you think blaming Brahmins is an easy excuse for a) your utter lack of enterprise b) the failure of the govts elected by you to uplift the lower castes ? The evidence in TN is apparently many ppl have directly benefited by reservations, because the govt directly created/handed over jobs to people based on caste . But this has benefited mainly the so-called backward castes, many pallars and pariars, the SC/STs of TN still have not seen their communities develop. This is because, casteism is not just a brahmin institution, every other caste stomps over the one below it. In TN, as of now, Brahmins have ceased to be factor , but the zillions of caste parties are demanding their slice of pie, basically the reservation issue has become a runaway train.
As to why Brahmins are better - because its the ethos of our community, as a child if you are not good in studies you are considered a failure, if you we steal your jobs, you have to understand a basic point, it was never yours to startwith, we know the rules, we play by the rules, you change the rules to your favor, still we win, the bottomline is, appreciate our tenacity, and i know you don't us to be there anymore, so most of us have anyway moved out. But has the Brahmin exodus made you a better person ? you have to ask that question yourself.
