[S.T.D.]

I feel in this forum there is a lot of "insecurity" about things which do not apparently glorify brahmins. Reality stares at all of us, including our children and it is there for everyone to see (and experience) that brahmins as a class have become extremely marginalized and inconsequential in the present day India. In this respect, even this very forum with its name tamilbrahmins.com may look laughable for many NBs who stumble upon this site!

It is therefore necessary that we discuss what EVR told about brahmins and, more important than that, why he told such things. I have seen some past discussions on this topic and in all of them, the immediate reaction to any mention of EVR is like he is a demon or rAkshasa and, as scripture-believing brahmins, we will expect the god to take one more avataara and undo whatever harm EVR has caused to brahmin hegemony. Such an attitude is not good, imho. Let us learn what EVR told about brahmins, what made him say those things and see whether some change in brahmin attitude to society is desirable.