Read the following excerpt from "the four hundred year old woman" by bharati mukherjee and answer the following question. i was born into a religion that placed me, a brahmin, at the top of its hierarchy while condemning me, as a woman, to a role of subservience. the larger political entity to which i first gave my allegiance-india-was not even a sovereign nation when i was born. what is implied by the author with the allusion at the top of its hierarchy? a. she was on top of the world from the time of her birth. b. she reminds us to be grateful to have freedom of religion. c. people in india had to be born into a religion, rather than choosing it. d. in the indian culture, brahmin was considered a superior religion over all others.

What the author implies with the allusion "at the top of its hierarchy" is the following:

D. In the Indian culture, Brahmin was considered a superior religion over all others.

In India, there is a system based on castes, and the Brahmin one has always been considered as superior to the others because Brahmins see themselves and are also considered by everybody else as descending of some superior maharishis, people whose purpose in life was solely the one of worshipping and teaching religion. Therefore, the speaker states that as a religious person she was very important, but as a woman she was the same as all other women, that is, subservient in a sexist culture, a male dominant society.

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