Thread by @leelaraagam

First things first: good riddance to bad rubbish; I am glad Mathangi S no longer considers herself a Hindu.
(Could you please stay the eff out of defining it as well?)

When I read articles like these by ex-Brahmins (?) suffering with some strange (1/)
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mix of guilt, superiority complex ("look we know we are better but we'll try our best to hide it"), I really feel like telling them to STFU.
Firstly, Brahmins make < 5% of India's population. So please. While people like Mathangi definitely don't represent Hindus; neither (2/)

do all Brahmins. To assume that a small minority represents the larger group is just stupidity.
Hinduism belongs to *all* Hindus, including Dalits, & other castes. (And Brahmins.)

So please. Don't speak for all Hindus when your experience is so so unique. (3/)

(& when you are a Tam-Bram, you are actually representing a really, really tiny population. So. 🤫🤐)

Secondly, Brahmins, may be respected, but they are definitely *not* the privileged, rich elite. I hate to break it to Mathangi but a lot of non-Brahmin (4/)

folks lead extremely comfortable lives 🙄.
Newsflash: It's mostly (so-called) UC non-Brahmins who are rich in India & the US, so please get off your high-horse and stop pitying others. The joke's on you, & you sound like an idiot. (She once tweeted that she had 2-bedroom apt(5/)

in B'lore because she's a Brahmin. LOL. It actually proved she's no clue how the rich / privileged in India live; no one's gonna tweet about an apartment. 😂)

Also ask non-Brahmins what they think of Brahmins. Don't assume for them. Actually, no. Don't. Who cares about
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caste? Stop obsessing.

And finally no one gives a sh|t about you because of your identity. So stop projecting & assuming.

(Bewakoof aurat. Iss pe vaise hi bahut time waste kar diya.)

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