Why Brahmins prefer cricket?
PRAMOD NAVALKAR (ADDress WITHHELD) When S.K. Shinde was made Chief Minister, Shalini Patil said that she would prefer a Maratha. I thought this poison is limited to politics. But after reading an article in an English magazine, I realised the extent of its reach. The writer, in his article in a World Cup special issue, discusses the castes of our players. He claims that Brahmins have dominated Indian cricket over the last 30-35 years and that they keep others away. He offers statistics to prove his claim and points out that there were seven Brahmins in the 70s team, five in 1983 team, eight in 1997, eight again in 2000, four in 2002 and six in the current World Cup team. He has made some outrageous remarks in article, insisting that Brahmins prefer cricket (not football or hockey for them) because the latter two are contact games and Brahmins don’t like others touching them. Also (he claims) in cricket, one need not have a strong physique. He says that Brahmins dominated this game as i
