1)   Source: "naa vaagnmaya mitrulu" by Kameswararao Tekumalla.

2)   Poor Brahmins:  Historically Brahmins have been not only ascetics, sages and priests for millennia seeking welfare of the society, but also secular clerks, merchants, agriculturists, artisans, etc. They were also very poor.  The average Brahmins have been poor, even in the mythology, along the side of a few rich and eminent Brahmins.  Ancient Sanskrit literature including Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchatantra (poor Brahmin) etc. is replete with the stories of poor Brahmins, e.g., Lord Vishnu takes the form of a young Brahmin Vamana and asks the mighty demon emperor Bali for alms;  Sunasyepa's parents were so poor that they sold their son to King Harischandra who needed a substitute for his own son to complete a sacrifice; Dasaratha accidentally killed the only  child of a poor blind Brahmin couple. Demon Ravana, in the disguise of a Brahmin beggar, deceived Sita and abducted her, while the eminent Brahmin sage Vashista advised as the head priest and adviser to emperor Dasaradha in Ramayana; One of the favorite disguises for Pandavas in Mahabharata was begging Brahmin desguise, despite the fact that eminent Brahmins like Dronacharya and Kripacharya were rich and powerful warriors and ministers in the Assembly of Hastinapur (Delhi) empire; - to name a few from mythology. In the modern democratic India, the Brahmins are still not only poverty stricken, but also shunted out of every opportunity, despite the fact that Prime Ministers like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Venkatanarasimharao Pamulaparti (PVNRao), and Vajpayee have been Brahmins - and today, Brahmins also perform jobs such as janitorial, coolie, rickshaw-puller jobs, e.g., there are 50 public toilets in Delhi, all of them are cleaned and looked after by Brahmins. French journalist Francois Gautier explains the sad state of Brahmins in India today.  See also the status of Brahmins in Andhra Pradesh.