RE: " St Jose Vaz has a rare distinction of belonging to a Brahmin Catholic family. St. Jose Vaz could be considered as the first Brahmin Saint in the world."
Jason Keith Fernandes <jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com> wrote: "God! When will these brahmins get over themselves? How is Jose Vaz's caste pedigree even remotely important ? It is not as if the brahmins are in need of any support for their already over inflated egos." Dear Jason, Please do not get hypertensive when Brahmins (ie Hindus) feel proud of Jose Vas or Joseph Vaz. From all accounts, it appears that his forebears were among the Hindu Brahmins who converted to Christianity and with that turned their backs on the caste apartheid and on their surnames. http://www.colaco.net/1/caste.htm I will need to research a bit more ( cannot do that while I am not at home base ) but I believe that at least Sant Gynaneshwar preceded Jose Vaz. jc Brahmin (Brāhmaṇa, ब्राह्मणः) is the class of educators, law makers, scholars and preachers of Dharma in Hinduism http://www.unp.me/f15/brahmin-br-hma-a-64527/#ixzz3EKmdcaNR
