What is it like to be born in a Brahmin family in India?

 Being born in Tamil Brahmin family

1 .We are taught to excel in studies and compete with others , since Brahmins are not reserved ,(though some brahmins are reserved in OBC) we have to work hard and excel in life.

2. The most interesting part is most of the Tambrahms are well qualified and have excelled in life and some of them have also settled in UK, US and Australia.

3.Extremely hygienic :- Everything should be in exact place and should be clean , you will be scolded otherwise.

4. Food:- We are vegeterians and do not have non-veg food ( There are some brahmins from Goa, Odisha, West Bengal who consume non- veg food , but there is a history behind it), Our elders never consumed onions and garlic, but for us it is a necessity.

Most of the Tambrahms are addicted to Curd and Filter Coffee.

5. Rituals:- Common for all Brahmins, have to perform sandhyavandhanam 3 times in a day,(though i have to skip afternoon) and should knows other prayers like Hanuman chalisa etc.

6.Madi acharam- When you get into madi, people advice you to not touch anything or anyone. It is done during the performance of specific rituals or festivals. The intention is to stay clean both in mind and body .

7. During Grahana/ eclipse days :- No eating and drinking water 5–6 hours before eclipse starts and after, grahana is over we have to take bath then only we can have some thing.

8. My elders have taught us to treat every person equal irrespective of caste, creed etc.

9. Poltics:-We are politically backward in the almost all states and we are not a dedicated votebank and we are the one who are targeted .

We have to hear this as well :-

http://DMK Leaders typing sacred thread to pigs

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dravidian-outfit-make-pigs-wear-sacred-thread-avani-avittam-day-protest-brahminism-65563

But they forget that Lord Maha Vishnu’s third avatar is Varaha !!!!

Anyways, we are tolerant people and don’t care for these cheap taunts.

Had, it been other caste definitely there would have been destruction of public properties like buses etc.

Proud to be Brahmin…..

If Ved Vyas was Brahmin, then how was his son Vidur a Shudra?

 Firstly, I will tell about “Niyoga” and then I will come to the answer.

Niyoga is a sprocedure through which a widow can get a son by the help of a saint or Rishi and the child will be considered the son of her husband and the biological father will have no right on that. Niyog is restricted only for birth of child and not for fun. This is only for those women whoes husband was died without son. In the procedure, a saint or Rishi sees that woman from a distance and using his power of Niyoga, that woman get pregnant.

Now, coming to the story :-

Due to the untimely death of Vichitravirya, his queens Ambika and Ambalika were got the pregnancy with the Maharishi Ved Vyasa in Niyoga procedure. Ambika first mated with Vyasa through the niyoga process but kept her eyes closed during the process because his appearance and power frightened her. As a result, she gave birth to the blind Dhritarashtra. Later her sister Ambalika followed the same process with Vyasa, and knew to keep her eyes open. But she was pale with fear during the niyoga, and so gave birth to the albino (you can search about it on Google) Pandu. As both children have some abnormalities born by Ambika and Ambalika, so they sent their maiden Parishrami ( a Shudra ) in their place, who behaved appropriately during the niyoga process and gave birth to the exceptional Vidura.

Vidura’s father is Vyasa, a half-caste, and his mother a sudra maid. His status was always lower than his two half-brothers (Pandu and Dhritarashtra). That is why, Vidura is a Shudra.