@-=virus=- thinks Tam Brams are the most hardcore. He is wrong. Chitpavan Marathi brams are the most hardcore. I had the pleasure of knowing one specimen back in 2004 or sometime like that. He was the most constipated guy in the office, hands down. Every one disliked him. Including other Bamans. Because of his poor attitude he was sidelined, which made him worse. One day he was having a fight with my then best friend, who was of Maratha caste. My friend was about to pummel him when I stopped him and asked him what went wrong.
Guess what the white skinned Chitpavan had said - "I will sell your mother to a Muslim and watch them have $ex". 
Man, the thinking ! He had said many such provocative things in the past, but for some reason held on to his job due to some management connection, or plain sympathy.