MADRAS Dec. A three day all-India Brahmins convention opened here on Dec. 25 with a call for all the sections among the Brahmin community to unite in the fight for equal rights in employment and other benefits. In his inaugural: address to the 1500-odd delegates from all over India, Pattem Sivaramakrishna Aiyar of the Kerala Brahmins’ Association, asked the Brahmin intellectuals to find ways of raising the Brahmins’ standard of living while . strengthening the foundation of Brahminism’. Growing unemployment, ‘unethical’ dowry system and the neglect of the aged were among the prime issues before the convention, Aiyar said. (Indian Express Dec 26)

