Friday, June 4, 2010
Tamil brahmins and Dravidians
In South India there were more Kingdoms and later some methodical civil structure and peaceful living because of brahmins who were given to religious ways and chores.They considered money as alien and god is giving them money.Some went to the other end of the spectrum.In North India the local people were ruled in remote areas by decoits of gangs which were of any caste and color.These people could have panchayats and were free and collected kist etc.Now JP Narayan tried to remove this aspect by a scheme to make them surrender to him.They did and they did not trust the Govt then Now also they don't trust the Govt.Who is to blame.The ways of the Govt.which is taking care of the backward yadavs and Punjabi's rather then the poor villagers.The Congress Govt has forgotten the slogan of Gandhi"that nation lives in the villages".Villages have not been developed.When the policemen die and connive with Maoists etc who are modern age decoits they talk of development.The congress govt should go as its policies are urban and money oriented filling the pockets of politicians.Many have Swiss accounts why congress is silent in not revealing their names and arresting them.In the name of Globalisation and Forex earning these bigwigs are cheating the poor and seizing their lands. ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVISTS AND PEOPLE OF THE CULTURE OF J.P.Narayan or his stature. Even Arundhathi sounds like correct...But she is not leading any march to the Maoists nor AgniVesh who is hiding behind non-contacts enlarging his sphere of influence with Govt.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Brahmins should get up at Brahma Muhurta
However, the life of a Brahmin was the most difficult. As per the Shastras (holy books) their duties comprised of teaching, learning, performing Yajna (vedic rituals), accept charity and give charity.
The typical daily schedule of a Brahmin, according to the Sastras, is described as following:
• A Brahmin must get up two hours before the sunrise (Brahma muhurta).
• After getting up, he cleans his teeth, bathes in cold water and performs prayer
• Next he performs rites or sacrifices to the gods
• Next is the daily study and chanting of the Vedas
• In the second part of the daytime, the Brahmin must teach his disciples the Vedas
• Afterwards he must gather flowers himself for the worship he is to perform.
• Since he is not expected to earn a salary, he must beg for his food and also for the materials for the conduct of various sacrifices.
Shastras gave Brahmins the right to beg for their food and other requirements. They were not expected to accumulate wealth and own lands. They must donate excess charity to the priests. Brahmins were permitted to eat only Sattvik or simple food which included raw fruits and vegetables, milk, and limited cereals.
The daily schedule, eating habits and duties prescribed for Brahmins, were based on long experience of Indian philosophers. They had understood that the only method to create divine or eternal knowledge was to rise above the worldly pleasures of senses.
This is reported as a stipulation....but nowadays brahmins don't worship god so intensely at least publicly because of the anti-racist feelings unleashed by the Dravidian parties of Tamil Nadu.Many have become scientists and contribute to society.but the non-brahmins occupy business and other vocations including politics and try to amass wealth.Even today brahmin shines in his work and is dutiful in majority.He shows higher morals and integrity.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
NEW upstarts of Tamil brahmins
They talk all good as well as bad perspectives on Tamil brahmins. The administrators collect donations.They say that it is registered as a trust. some old bureaucrats retired from Delhi and NRI guys who are the new rich brahmins run the site.they don't give full profiles to public.They want to supersede Tambras as an institution.
Some talk about old Sampradayams.Some ask basic questions.Some indulge in innuendos and mockeries as was the habit of old Tamil brahmins.
When facts and truths are expressed that forum gets into a recoil mood and wants mutual admiration societies.
Further what they do with the sums amassed? they preach and criticise others.Even other castes.I am of the firm view that brahmins were and are being oppressed in Tamil Nadu and in India at large.But these site preach sermons against all caste and the way people post appears to me to ne anti-other castes than they are anti-brahmin.Other castes oppress and suppress the brahmin supremacy.But his pack of new NRI in coordination with some locals are more anti-Muslim and anti-other non-brahmins than those non-brahmins are against brahmins.
Brahmins are 7% and deserve 7% percent importance in mass societal activities and cannot claim all the 100%.importance.Further Tamil brahmins lack first
line managerial capacity.They are good as second line if we analyse at the macro-level.
Hence they cannot demand all the cake and make a far cry of oppression.
Further as they are veggies in a majority sense ,although the new rich NRIs are not in large number,they cannot exclude others of secular and "Sadbavana" characters from their fold.
this elitist thought that they are the only meritorious in the world adds lot of hubris in their character.Even brahmin women who belong to the new rich category behave in churlish manner,forgetting all modesty.Many brahmin girls elope with other caste boys as they consider brahmin guys as not very masculine or they don't consider them as dependable.
This Tamil brahmin site is taking cudgels for Archakas and some some priests.If you visit chidambaram and see the behaviour of the Gurukalls there you will understand the hatred towards these people are justified. High vacant hubris and haughtiness displayed by them is abominable. further there are priests in Tiruttani temple who fight cases to utilise the temple lands etc. these priests were growing in mushrooms in Malaysia and Singapore and visiting those temples.But hey were running businesses on the side.Many have shops or taxi business. they don't help their neigbours who are poor.
While i support the voice against any suppression or oppression I don't want the brahmins to conduct themselves by overdose of hatred of other non-brahmins claiming genetic purity.
As I have tried to educate the Tamil brahmins with my experience to accept realities and correct their cultural gaps.But the "selfish-gene" which is working is a bit exploitative in brahmins and more in Tamil brahmins. this should be consciously corrected.
Further i have found in them timidity with cunningness to look down upon other castes despite the fact others have tolerated them over a period of history without doing any ethnic cleansing.