“How Navarro’s Swipe Against ‘Brahmins’ Reveals The Mainstreaming Of Dravidian Hate”, Swarajyamag, September 1, 2025:
“When Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser and close aide to Donald Trump, accused ‘Brahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people‘ in the context of Bharat’s discounted oil trade with Russia, it wasn’t just a diplomatic misstep.
The calculated invocation of a caste narrative, which has long been weaponised in Bharatiya politics, makes it clear that it is now being globalised.
Navarro’s comments, aired on Fox News amid the imposition of 50% tariffs on Bharatiya goods, were ostensibly about trade. But the choice of the word ‘Brahmins’ gives the game away……”
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