Brahmins are one of nature’s most fascinating, most bizarre, most diabolical creatures. Obsessed with weird rituals, an abiding fondness for in-breeding, an unquenchable thirst for Cow-ca-Cola, a sneering contempt for eating meat and a diet limited to plant products, the scheming Brahmins are a tiny group geographically restricted to the barbarous land mass designated in […]
Bet all ye schmucks in the boondocks think Panch Pandavas refers only to Yudhishtira, Arjuna, Bheema, Nakula and Sahadeva. Ha ha ha. Shows how little y’all know because there’s little evidence that any of these ‘wife-sharers‘ existed. Here are the real Panch Pandavas of India: * P.N.Haksar * T.N.Kaul * D.P. Dhar * P.N.Dhar * […]
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece on the plight of India’s Brahmin caste in its Saturday edition. Once a privileged caste closely aligned with the rulers of India for several centuries, the Brahmins have fallen on tough times over the last few decades owing to the reservation policies (affirmative action programs) of the […]
One of the most fascinating books on India is the work Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies by that Christian bigot Abbe Dubois, who traveled widely in South India in the late 18th century and early 19th century. A resident of India from 1792-1823, Duboi, a French man, had the opportunity to observe the customs and […]