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I would really love to meet privileged Brahmins.
The Brahmins who settled down in Matunga, where I grew up, were as poor as church-mice.
The Pallakadans among them, dispossessed of their lands by the Communists in Kerala thecommunemag.com/mr-tm-krishna-…
I would really love to meet privileged Brahmins.
The Brahmins who settled down in Matunga, where I grew up, were as poor as church-mice.
The Pallakadans among them, dispossessed of their lands by the Communists in Kerala thecommunemag.com/mr-tm-krishna-…
dispersed all over India with significant numbers in Mumbai, Kolkota & Delhi.
I lived for the first 44 years of my life in a 1 Room Kitchen flat in Matunga, with my parents, a brother and 2 sisters.
Unbelievably we often accommodated several more, who might have
I lived for the first 44 years of my life in a 1 Room Kitchen flat in Matunga, with my parents, a brother and 2 sisters.
Unbelievably we often accommodated several more, who might have
come from the village looking for jobs. Some of them would stay on for months, till they could afford to rent a room.
We never thought of ourselves as poor. We were, I guess, middle-class by Indian standards
We consumed only two things..food & books.
We never thought of ourselves as poor. We were, I guess, middle-class by Indian standards
We consumed only two things..food & books.
