A Glimpse into the Daily Life of a Traditional Brahmin about a Century Ago

The motivated, blanket demonising of Brahmins has destroyed a much invaluable cultural legacy. Here is a tiny slice of how an ordinary Brahmin lived his daily life just 100 years ago.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS my father’s name as Nanjundappa. Even after his retirement as a Shekhdaar, people fondly addressed him as “Record-keeper Nanjundappa.” He had built a new house. He had already grown old by the time I was growing up and was trying to understand the ways of the world. None of us children had the guts to talk to him directly. However, …