Anti Brahminism

[G.Subramaniam]

In Karnataka, in 1921, the Mysore Maharajah granted quota to Gowdas and Lingayaths



But it never degenerated into dravidianism



for several reasons



The Maharajah was a devout Hindu, and would not tolerate anti-Hindu dravidianism

His dynasty got legitimised by the brahmins very recently



The non-brahmin gowda and lingayaths could never unite against the brahmin



- The lingayaths were vegetarian, the gowdas non-veg



They couldnt run a anti-veg campaign against brahmins as in TN, as it would infuriate the Lingayaths



-The gowdas were vedic, the lingayaths non-vedic, Lingayath veera-shaivism is fairly intolerant

and hostile to the religion of the Gowdas



The dravidians couldnt run a anti-hindu campaign, because the lingayaths were staunchly shaivite



TN dravidians are shaivite too of a sort, but by 1850, the velala adheenams had become xtian infiltrated



When quotas were imposed by Devraj Urs, brahmins had a couple of loop holes



1. There was an economic sub-quota, - mostly won by brahmins

2, There was a woman sub-quota - mostly won by brahmins



Finally the private capitation colleges provided a safety valve



Finally the new twist is that thanks to Pejawar mutt, many brahmin mutts have adopted the interests of the MBC

segment, which are now thanks to hindutva, fairly pro-brahmin, and will thrash the muslim-jebus-pasand dravidianists