Anti-Brahminism
Anti-Brahminism, also spelled as Anti-Brahmanism, is hatred and prejudice directed against Brahmins.
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Examples of Anti-Brahmanism [edit]
In Indian states [edit]
In Tamil Nadu [edit]
Tamil Nadu is home to one of the oldest anti-Brahmin movements in India.[citation needed] Tamil Brahmins (Iyers and Iyengars) are often held responsible by some sections of the Tamil politicians and media for alleged direct or indirect oppression of lower-caste people. The self-respect movement, a Dravidian Nationalist movement, was started by Periyar based on alleged of Brahmin oppression and resulted in innumerable verbal hate attacks[citation needed] on Brahmins. Alleged "Brahmin oppression" rationalized conspiracy theories and pointed to Brahmins as enemies against whom the radical movements pitted themselves.[1] The legacy of the anti-Brahmanism of the self-respect movement was taken over by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Growing anti-Brahmanism in Chennai provided a rationale for polarization of the lower castes in the DMK movement.[2] Eventually, the anti-Brahmanism subsided somewhat with the replacement of the DMK party by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).[3] Jayalalitha,[4] a Brahmin, is now the leader of the AIADMK party.
See also [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Lloyd I. Rudolph Urban Life and Populist Radicalism: Dravidian Politics in Madras The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3 (May, 1961), pp. 283-297
- ^ Singh, Yogendra, Modernization of Indian Tradition: (A Systemic Study of Social Change), Oriental Press 1974 page 167
- ^ C. J. Fuller, The Renewal of the Priesthood: Modernity and Traditionalism in a South Indian Temple P117, Princeton University Press 2003 ISBN 0-691-11657-1
- ^ P. 65 Daughter of the South: biography of Jayalalitha By Pi. Ci Kaṇēcan
References [edit]
- Politics and Social Conflict in South India, the Non-Brahman Movement and Tamil Separatism, 1916-1929. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. By Prof. Eugene Irschik
- Editorial by Francois Gautier on anti-Brahmanism
- Article by Pdt Vamadeva Shastri (formerly David Frawley) on anti-Brahmanism
- Article from the well-regarded Indian periodical Outlook comparing Hindu Brahmins to anti-semitic stereotype(s) of Jews
External links [edit]
- The Colonial Genesis of Anti-Brahminism by Ram Swarup, Hinduism Today Magazine, November 1997.
- ‘Sacred thread’ that matters in the ‘holy-Dravidian’ land! by B R Haran, News Today, November 10, 2008.
- Pune’s endless identity wars by Rakshit Sonawane, The Indian Express, January 6, 2011.
- Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author, Samachar: (Source IANS), June 13, 2011.
- The Literary Venom of Anti-Brahminism in Maharashtra, India by Kedar Joshi, Boloji.com, April 15, 2012. (Bepress)
