Being a brahmin myself from childhood anything happens in this country always the fingers goes towards brahmin ,is it hindu muslims brahmins it is between dalit brahmins and even comparision between OBC and brahmin and even in international articles of india's caste system it is brahmins always been the soft target, and in fact this country always had less percentage of brahmins and now it is decreased a lot then official figures says , may in next coming 20 years there will be hardly 5% of india's population will be brahmins ,Wonder against which caste would they make as next soft target .
RE:RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by Prashant on Mar 28, 2007 11:21 PM Permalink
entice,
I agree with you. but have you ever thought why this happens. This is because, brahmins always try to protect their identity and try to force others to identify themselves the way brahmins want. offcource there are some economic reasons for it.
If they let people define their identity, they will be free some such accusaitons. :-) Let sikhs, jains buddhist ligayats, vaishnavas, shaivas identify themselves the way they want insted of bundling them in a fictitions religion "Hindu". Let people have freedom of work, worship and speech no one will blame brahmins. :-) Do not try to behave liv "hindu" religion is their private property.
RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by Ramesh P on Mar 29, 2007 12:03 AM Permalink
I agree with you to some extent that the brahmins have hijacked hinduism to some extent, but thier contributions to Indian culture and religion cannot be ignored. They were also the custodians of the culture, and thats the reason why those who want to attack hinduism, attack the brahmins. But now-a-days as the author mentions, brahmins are social untouchables (partly because of the deeds of thier fore-fathers) and partly because of reverse discrimination due to the raise of Dalit, OBC etcc and the politicians and community leaders were the ones to be blamed for the division of Hindus. Brahmins, I see in south india, live for themselves and they hardly have a word in power, jobs, govt support etcc. South India is place where the brahmins live in much more worser condition than in the north, mainly because of thier lesser numbers. Unlike North India, in south india the brahmins are less than 2% of the population. No one needs thier votes, no leader to represent thier community and no one cares them. But Hindu unity is important more than anything else and if it requires the sacrifice of few communities, we should be ready to do that.
RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by G S on Mar 29, 2007 12:08 AM Permalink
I am also for Indian UNITY. Do not get misled by some fictitous names and personality on the message boards, who want to divide us.
RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by Prashant on Mar 29, 2007 12:18 AM Permalink
G.S thanks for using somewhat correct word "Indian Unity". I guess people living in the cubcontinent have lost their real identity.
Hindu is a word given by muslims, Indian by british, shin-hu by chinese. even we are not sure of aryavrata :-)
RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by Ramasubramaniam Iyer on Mar 28, 2007 11:44 PM Permalink
Agreed. Ordinary Brahmins like me dont go about telling how other castes should behave. We have come forward. Our bosses at our workplace are everything from Muslims to Brahmins and Dalits.
The question is Brahmins are comparatively less in number than other castes/religions Dalits have 69% reservation in Tamil Nadu and now almost 50% elsewhere (And that with less no of marks need to pass than the Brahmins) We dont go about telling muslims/other castes/ 90% of Brahmins in India fight for survival(Along with other castes) to make both ends meet. So where does Brahmin come into picture atleast not in this day and age buddy
RE:well brahmins are now easy punch bags
by Prashant on Mar 28, 2007 11:55 PM Permalink
no one does it directly. it happens indirectly when you support people who does that. no one alone can do it. When you support people who force people to accept what you believe in.
for e.g.(and strictly for example) if you support RSS you are indirectly supporting their views and their agenda.
