Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Roman Brahmin ver.2.0

4 comments:

non-carborundum said...

Meaning no's 2 and 3 are apt, except for the "respect" part.

—n.
1. Hinduism.Brahman (def. 1).
2. (esp. in New England) a person usually from an old, respected family who, because of wealth and social position, wields considerable social, economic, and political power.
3. a person who is intellectually or socially aloof.

http://dictionary.infoplease.com/brahmin

san said...

I think that Rahul also needs to claim he's a direct descendant of the Prophet. Or else perhaps a descendant of Emperor Akbar, just so that he can announce his newly-formed religion, Deen-i-Rahul

manipadma said...

Savarkar observed this a century back that had Hindutva been a votebank ideology congress workers would have worn their sacred threads over their coats!

Arvind said...

manipadma,

very interesting! i recall that rajiv gandhi wore the thread over his clothes during indira gandhi's funeral which was televised.