Brahmin
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The portfolio, which was known as Markel Ventures until last year, includes Lansing, a building-products distributor; Brahmin, a maker of high-end handbags; and Eagle, a Virginia home builder.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
A disillusioned, admittedly misanthropic Boston Brahmin, Lowell came to see himself as a scientist with the soul of a poet, or a poet with scientific instincts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
The authors describe how Irawati, a Chitpavan Brahmin from a traditionally vegetarian upper-caste Hindu community, bravely ate partially raw meat offered by a tribal leader she wished to study.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
In his 2021 book Woke Inc., he wrote about his family’s position as Brahmin, often considered the highest of Hindu castes.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2023
He beckoned the servant who was last in the procession, and asked him to announce to his mistress that a young Brahmin desired to speak to her.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The census showed, for instance, that traditionally privileged groups such as Brahmins were overrepresented in government jobs compared with their population, whereas some historically disadvantaged castes such as the Mushawars were underrepresented.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2024
"We have no intentions as co-producers of the film to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus and Brahmins community," the letter said.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Primarily, it’s helpful to remember that as Tamil Brahmins, Ramaswamy’s family sits at the very top of India’s caste system.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2023
But where were the Brahmins, the priests, the wise men, who were successful not only in having this most profound knowledge, but in experiencing it?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha
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Chapters 3–4
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History of India - Middle School and High School
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