why is there so much hatred of brahmins?

Topic started by vaidyanathan (@ 202.153.41.191) on Sat May 31 10:17:27 .
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the answer to this question is more complex than what
people believe.but in 20 th century south india this
happened due to the below reasons-
1.brahmins of south followed excessive untouchability
in comparison to even north.
2.brahmins of the modern era led varying degrees of
hypocratic lives.the british and the muslims did not
care for the brahmins and openly made fun of them(that
they too were far from perfect is another matter).when
they ruled the eyes of the non brahmins was opened
wide open.
3.they owned most of the lands.they did not give
appropriate wages.the british laws of taxation further
aggravated this scenario.hatred began at the farmer
level.
4.the brahmins once they came out of their old
garments,stepped into modern professions pinching on
the livelihood of non bs,making their way into these
professions sometimes meritorically
and sometimes by recommendation by a relative.as the penetration of bs in the job plkaces was extremely high the recommendations were also significant.this did affect the prospect of some meritorious non bs.
5.the brahmins at work did not socialize with his colleague who was a non b ,but he invited even his subordinate worker who was a b to his home and even allowed some to stay at their homes.at office he spent time talking to his b cowrker but largely ignored the non b.
6.the brahmins openly joked and laughed at non bs,quite often in front of them.
7.the ritualistic life and food habits of the b,in contrast to the habits of a non b,made them appear like some alien specimens to backward caste colleagues who were not used to interaction with brahmins.people with close friendship with bs like pillais,chettiars did not see these things in such a bad light as they were themselves immersed in deep rituals.
8.the bs of villages were still living in a different era while the rest of educated people were changing in mindset.the rest of people could never comprehend a species separated from them in time.
9.to the educated,oppurtunity to read hindu law books resulted in hatred of brahminical set up and laws.as the books they read gave them an impression that the bs were haters of non bs.the bs at that time patronised some of these books.
10.the arrival of the aryan theory
11.the arrival of atheism in tamilnadu.
12.the arrival of pope's theory on the origins of tamil language.
13.the fun made of hinduism by christian missionaries.
14.the dissappearance of old customs except in a handfull of people resulted in a new indian with european perception of the world.not surprising since education was western.
15.illiteracy of a majority of non bs exploited by brahmin hating politicians.
16.dominance of north india got linked to brahmins .


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