Sentences with phrase «brahmin caste»
Members of the prestigious Brahmin caste would paint their homes blue to distinguish themselves as elite members of Jodhpur's society, though the idea soon became popular enough to spread across the city.
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Nor were all members of the Brahmin caste priests.
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As a Brahmin (the highest caste within Hinduism) he rejected all other faiths.
On the whole, however, the Congress, helped greatly by the moral prestige of Gandhi and Nehru, succeeded in becoming a truly pan-Indian party in the first two decades after independence, able to appease the potentially conflicting interests of Muslims and low - caste Dalits as well as upper - caste Brahmins.
First, the caste community consists of four castes that are hierarchically ordered) The Brahmins (priests) are the preservers and protectors of the eternal laws of the Universe (Dharma); the Ksatriyas (rulers and warriors) are the defenders and the guarantors of the safety and security of the community; the Vaisyas (business persons) are the conservers and distributors of wealth; and the Sudras (the laborers) are the working majority involved in the production of essential commodities.
In the caste system of American golf, Tom Watson was born a Brahmin.
He was a Brahmin [member of the highest Hindu caste] who devoted his life to saving untouchables [the lowest caste] from the horrible job of cleaning dry latrines with their bare hands.
A high caste Brahmin, he started SISS in 1970 to liberate the «untouchables.»
During Diwali, the Hindu celebration of light, Kumar is turned away from Anald's house because he is a Dalit and Anald is a high - caste Brahmin, and according to ancient caste norms, the two do not mingle.
If an individual's title denotes that he or she is a member of a high caste (such as Brahmin) they will automatically be treated with the respect that that caste has traditionally merited.
Her frenzied marks are paired with oil paint, mingling the Untouchables and Brahmins of our media - based caste system.
People with the surname Pachauri belong to the very highest caste — known as the Brahmin (see here and here).