Indian-American professor's viral post claims brahmins are 'most exploited' in India despite dominating top global CEO roles

Dr. Rajeshwari Iyer, an Indian American professor based in the USA, has sparked a heated debate on social media with her provocative claim that "Brahmins are the most exploited and abused among all Indians." Her controversial statement, shared on the platform X, has ignited widespread discussion about the experiences of Brahmins and the broader issue of reservation in India, quickly going viral.

Dr. Rajeshwari Iyer, who has a background in prestigious institutions like NIT Puducherry and IIT Delhi, has made a bold assertion, "Brahmins are less than 2% of the population. They are the mostly exploited and abused among all Indians."

She further notes that Brahmins account for 60% of Nobel Prizes won by Indians, 80% of top global CEOs of trillion-dollar companies, and over 60% of professors in IITs and NITs, yet they are still perceived as "fourth-class citizens" in India.

In a subsequent post, she claims, "Entire leftist ecosystem have created a narrative that being a Brahmin in today's India is like being a Jewish in 1930s Germany."

How did people react?

Iyer's post has gone viral, amassing nearly 290,000 views in under 24 hours.

In the comments, one user remarked, "2 millennia of tax free privileges have their benefits. If someone is still Economically weak despite enjoying such a long period of reservations, don't blame it on society."

Another commenter noted, "You have the answer in your statement itself. It is your lobby still making sure that you guys occupy those positions. The claim that you make 80% and 60% lobby on institutions is the reason which requires reservation to break this lobby."

Another person suggested that the narrative surrounding Brahmins in India is a "complex socio-cultural issue."

Yet another commenter observed, "They are on top everywhere. Hard work, discipline, coupled with the 'historical advantages' as a community, enabled this. But if they are exploited, how was this possible?? Individuals, here and there? might have been exploited and abused which is the case with all castes!"

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