Lovely links both of you! Thanks! jheem, a couple of links, (sarasvathi) are broken on that page.
The Brahuis in Iran and adjoining Western Pakistan speak a language, that is extremely close to the Dravidian ones in India....make of that in light of current discussion, what you will!
There are many Dravidian languages and *dialects in India, jheem....essentially all the four languages in the deep South - Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam are Dravidian. Dravidian dialects are documented in Central India too. The four listed above have a definite Sanskrit influence and that has a lot to do with Brahminism.
It is however, only amongst the Tamils, that a serious anti-Brahmin movement arose in the mid sixties. The Brahmins are considered Aryan and the Tamil Brahminical hegemony over all intellectual/socio-cultural, not to mention, religious matters was what brought things to a pass. Tamilian Brahmins suddenly had a lot of issues such as race, culture and origins to contend with. Thankfully things died down, but there is and has always been a DEFINITE, palpable difference between the Brahminical way of life in the South, especially Tamil Nadu, and the rest of the population.
PS: Ravi, your link's made my page go wide
