Brahmin

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.

Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.

On the top are Brahmins, the priestly class; while at the bottom are Dalits, a caste so lowly you’re not even supposed to shake hands with them.

Brahmin women speak of uniting Brahmins and the Hindu community to contribute "to the building of the Hindu nation".

The shrine's managing board mirrors this sense of respectful co-existence - while two of its trustees are Muslims, its hereditary custodians are from a Hindu Brahmin family.