Brahmin

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 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.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2024

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

Now he did feel it Previously, when in deepest meditation, he was still his father’s son, he was a Brahmin of high standing, a religious man.

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

Ramaswamy says he also learned about status and inequality between Brahmins like his family and the rest of Indian society.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

The Brahmins talked about it in the town, the Samanas in the forest.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse