Are Brahmins Genetically Superior?
‘Brahmins dominate all modern professions’ Dr P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well known social scientist who has done extensive work on caste and society, particularly in the context of Tamil Nadu. He has also conducted extensive research on caste and reservation politics. In an interview to rediff.com’s Shobha Warrier in Chennai, he discusses if there is a link between exemplary scientific research and being Tamil Brahmin against the background that three Indian scientists (Sir C V Raman, Dr Subramaniam Chandrasekhar and Dr Venkataraman Ramakrishnan) to win the Nobel Prize for the sciences have been Tamil Brahmins. Three of the Indian Nobel Prize winners in science hail from Tamil Nadu and all of them are Brahmins. Do you see any connection between scientific research and Tamil Brahmins? The term ‘Tamil Brahmin’ sounds a bit parochial and casteist. On the basis of three prizes, which are too small in number, it is difficult to judge its linkage wit
