I find this absurd. 1. The corollary of this is that a person’s caste can be discerned by looking at their surnames. The ritual hierarchy will not disappear until material differences, which are so stark even today, disappear too.Having said that, the funny thing is, it is easier for Dalits Bahujan Adivasis to drop their surnames than Brahmins.
Mikkili is the surname of the caste MALA. Surname is just one of the many tools in their hands.Dropping surnames is a notional gesture. There are several ways to know which caste a person belongs to. For a Dalit, dropping her surname is no guarantee that she will be treated as an equal by others.
This is more true for Brahmins than others.By various estimates Brahmin population in India ranges between 3% and 5%. It gives them great satisfaction to see where they stand in caste location vis-a-vis the person they are interacting with. Pandit, Sharma, Acharya, Xxxvedi etc are brahmins, Yadav are OBC - Shudras, Chamars are untouchables - shudras etc. It is not easy to discern a lower caste person’s caste by looking at their surname.
Brahmins are supposedly more cultured, more learned and economically well off. But matters get complicated in cities, as cities afford greater anonymity to the residents. We do not have the kind of “glorious generational past” that Brahmins possess. There are many examples of families, especially in Dalit communities, who have given up their generational surnames. Castes are classified in four varnas: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra (in descending order of hierarchy), but there is a fifth category too. It doesn’t help us in any way to eradicate material differences that exist between Savarnas and Dalits Bahujan Adivasis. Every time we see the sacred thread (peeping out from under the shirt), every time we see twice-born surnames, every time we see the naaman and other religious marks that signify caste superiority because it precisely tells (and SHOWS us) that we are inferior, we are low, we are not of the exclusive coterie, we are damned.”The story of lower caste & tribal (Dalit Bahujan Adivasi) surnames is not as straightforward. Asked in Hinduism, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh Matta surname comes under the caste from the sindh and Pakistan. This division meant that it became easy for people to identify a person's caste from their surname. The Matta family name was found in USA, UK, Scotland, and Canada between 1804-1920. EXPLANATION: Matta families mainly found in 1840-1920. Also, since they rarely occupy positions of power, their surnames are not prominently flashed on TV channels and in newspapers. Louisiana and … BIG TIME. If she had gone ahead with that decision, she said, she would have been the fourth generation teacher in her family. According to the Constitution of India it belongs to Sheduled caste (SC.)
We are a caste society. But this practice should remain only in the domain of personal choice. But even though a minority, they are the most visible group in the country as they occupy most positions of power, be it in the government, judiciary, media or academia. Brahmin surnames have Wikipedia pages.A Brahmin friend recently told me that at one point she was thinking of becoming a teacher. Besides their surname, a person’s caste can be discerned by the area (A person’s caste identity is inherent in their surnames (most times, but not always). Everybody has a caste here. Brahmin surname is a marker of privilege, status and authority. And therefore non-Brahmins tend to perceive them with deference.Therefore, Meena Kandasamy has repeatedly urged Brahmins and other upper castes to drop their surnames.“A savarna surname is a conversation that stops before it can even start. If a person’s caste doesn’t come under in any of the four varnas, they are literally an outcaste (Avarna, as opposed to Savarna).In villages everybody knows everybody else. And people will also look at you with a certain amount of respect, implicit or explicit. Besides their surname, a person’s caste can be discerned by the area (basti/pada) of the village the person stays in, as people of the same caste tend to congregate in the same area. If you are a Deshpande or a Kulkarni or a Patwardhan, you will be easily recognised as a Brahmin by everybody. Casteist Savarna Hindus, and there are many of them, go to great lengths to find out a person’s caste so that they can accurately place them in the caste hierarchy. Be offended, it makes me feel better. As she was narrating this tale I thought about myself, a first generation learner, and sighed loudly.Much ado about nothing. Surnames - specially in north India. There is a section of Savarnas who advise that lower castes should change/drop their surnames to escape discrimination. It doesn’t take time, effort, money. In 1804 in Louisiana a Matta family was lived. However, when very low caste sikhs migrated to countries such as the US, Canada and the UK, they thought of it as a chance to start a clean slate where people would not be able to identify their caste. Therefore everybody knows everybody’s caste too. Since as a group they are large in size, there is that much variety in their surnames. At least show us the commitment that you want us to be your equals.”“I think perhaps the non-Brahmins, the Bahujans and Dalits should start taking offence. Drop it.
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