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Revision as of 21:23, 6 April 2006 by AMbroodEY (talk | contribs) (→External links)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Anti-Brahmanism is is hostility toward or prejudice against Brahmins as a religious, or ethnic, which can range from individual hatred to institutionalized attempts to vilify Brahmins as a result of percieved historical injustices permated by the Caste system with Brahmins at its helm.
Anti-Brahmanism is common in some of the states in India. There is also a significant amount of literature which is anti-Brahmin.
Anti-brahminism is often encountered in these regions.
- Kashmir: Kashmiri Pandit see Terrorism in Kashmir. Most Kashmiri Pandits have fled Kashmir.
- Maharashtra: Maharashtrian Konkanastha Brahmins. The anti-Brahmin Sambhaji Brigade attacked the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Jan. 2004.()
Some of the anti-Hindu groups are also based in Maharashtra.
- Tamilnadu: Iyers. Tamilnadu is home to one of the oldest anti-Brahmin Dravidar Kazhagam movement.
See also
External links
(NOTE: These links are highly optionated and may be considered by some to be anti-Hindu hate material.)
Some critics of Brahmanism focus on Bramhins' historical exploitation of other groups, and contemporary caste disaparities:
- Brahmin Gold: The Plunder of Paradise (allegations of historical anti-Dalit exploitation by Bramhins)
- The Final Brahmin Annihilation of Dalitstan (allegations of anti-Dalit environmental racism by Bramhins)
Some critics link Brahmnism with Hindu fundamentalism or the Indian government:
- Brahminist Occupied Governments (suggests that "Brahminists" are responsible for a wide variety of Indian human rights abuses)
- Sikhs Want Out of the Brahmin Shangrila - They Want Khalistan (suggests that the Indian government is Brahmin-dominated, and has ignored development issues)
References
- 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
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