Sindhi Brahmins just vanished from all kinds of public consciousness and identity, it's almost like no one even knows of their existence.
Interesting case of how partition diaspora identity led to "Sindhiyat" subsuming caste identity like Lohana, Brahmin, Bhatia etc
Interesting case of how partition diaspora identity led to "Sindhiyat" subsuming caste identity like Lohana, Brahmin, Bhatia etc
Meanwhile, Kashmiri Brahmins occupy a foremost position in Indian society and public consciousness despite coming from a 97% Muslim society. Goes to speak a lot about how more than population, the influence of a biradri depends on its own self.
Sindhi Brahmins are divided into two castes: Pokarno (Pushkarna) & Sarsudh (Saraswat). Their surnames like all Sindhis end in -ani ("son of") reflecting patrilineal descent from one common ancestor, but sometimes they take the title "Sharma" or "Misra"
The Sindhi surname system is something like the Icelandic one for example. So say your clan ancestor was called Ramchand. Everyone who is his descendant becomes Ramchandani. Since there maybe overlapping Ramchandanis across castes, you cannot tell caste from surname.
Not even Indonesian Hindus were casteless lol. To be Hindu is to have caste.
This will probably be the fate of many castes if and when ethnic identity subsumes caste identity
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