March 26, 2009

Brahmins and reservation

In many corporate bodies and even banks brahmins are sufferring by anti-brahmin caucuses meeting to create an anti-brahmin grapevine and whisper societies by simple hatered formula.It is pure anti-racism. In Banks the anti-brahmin groups form a secret conclave and influence postings.In SBI some Mudaliar officers in south form groups to connive against brahmins.I know one non-brahmin officer used to call all such officers in his house on Sundays for discussions on strategies to ouwit the performance of Brahmin officers and create hurdles on their ways and even postings they may get.these machinations were done by an officer near my place and he used to even influence them on loans.He was serving as aRegional manger and there were disciplinary cases against him .Such instances are known to me all over India particularly in PSU banks and SBI.This cannot be thwarted by any movement.Even top brass could not do any thing because even the parallel bosses of association and union were practising this "dharma" agaist brahmins.To my surprise some Iyengar officers were weak links in the affair revealing many information against their own colleagues. this anti racism is condemnable to the core.This type of antagonism cannot be tolerated by the minority brahmins.When S.V.Shekar wanted reservation for brahmins I felt that is impossible as they have no democratic ways to apply to the cause of brahmins.The politicians and vote banks of Tamil Nadu was caste driven and mean in action and hatred of the pristine castes.Even Mudaliyars and theyvars and /chettiars make hay by keeping the brahmins away from their goodwill.they use hid brains and services but don't support him communally.I consider the non-brahmins highly communal more than the Muslims.

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September 11, 2008

All in the Iyer's culture of Tamil Brahmins.

Tamil brahmin mamis don't pronounce tamil as the majority of the Tamilians do.The Brahmin tamil has some intonations and words which are from old tamil literature and some are laced with sanskrit words and intonation. This separates many brahmins from non-brahmins.....

Those brahmins who live in rural areas and interact with non-brahmins in the market and profession turn into half non-brahmin way of pronouncing tamil. Slang of the brahmins are different from that of the local non-brahmin tamils.

The carnatic music has been the preserve of the brahmins in the south of all sountern languages.Here also they use some intonation not acceptable to the non-brahmin majority. Even referring to an elderly female they say "Mami" while the non-brahmins say "AAtha" or "Amma".

These differences and many habits like shunning non-vegetarian way of cooking and eating has created cultural delineations which distinguish the minority.

Even amongst brahmins Iyengars preach one thing and practise another.They say that their way of worship is superior. Shiva has united Iyers with all castes in Tamil Nadu.Historically looking at this Ramanuja converted even several dalits into Vaishnavites.this shows the color difference in Iyengars which is highly prominent. If you look into the history of Iyengars toying with chrisitians during British period in India some more strands of evidences arise on color differences

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July 8, 2007

Research Findings

http://www.ftdna.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1269

The link explains many angles.

But one important fact is that migrant warriors and even some east India company bosses had tried to convert brahmins to Christianity. I have heard my grand father telling stories about conversion of Iyengars to Christianity.

If the haplo research has considered Iyengars only this may be true.Even people say that Iyengar women had illicit relationship with foreigners very loosely.
When EVR Periyar used to lecture in the south he used to specifially mock at Iyengar women and the business pattanis who used to visit south India from North doubting some relationships of a rare kind.
I still don't understand the meanings.
Can anybody clarify?

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July 7, 2007

Haplotype clarification

When we compare haplotypes of Europeans with that of south Indian brahmins there is some similarities.Some say this is because of illegal relationships of brahmins women when the Europeans were ruling India.This is not correct.Even Balagangadhar Tilak has clarified the migration of East Europeans to India.

Further the interest of Germans in Vedas and such natural research indicate some similarities in liking and culture.

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