V. S. Naipaul and others like Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan , Subramanya Bharathy , Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' , Suryakant Tripathi Nirala . Great Brahmin scientists include Nobel Laureate Sir C.V.Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , and great Brahmin mathematicians include Srinivasa Ramanujan and C. P. Ramanujam . Even today, many Brahmins hold top posts