Part 2: Brahmin to Dalit - Caste jealousy beneath Telangana's Vedic welfare plan

In this concluding piece of a two-part series, Business Standard reports how Telangana's welfare politics risks fomenting inter-caste hatred

“BRAHMIN stands for Broad and Brilliant in Thinking, Righteous and Religious in Livelihood, Adroit and Adventurous in Personality, Honesty and Humanity in Quality, Modesty and Morality in Character, Innovation and Industry in Performance, and Nobility and Novelty in Approach,” reads the charter of the Telangana government-funded Brahmin Samkshema Parishad, in an apparent display of acronymical acrobatics that could give acronym afficionados writing speeches for India’s tallest leaders a run for their money.  
 
Brahmin bounty: Not politically suicidal in Telangana
 
One of the most striking aspects of the caste push is Chief Minister KCR’s open pitch for ‘Brahmin