New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- Donald Trump's trade advisor, Peter Navarro, sparked a row this week when he said 'Brahmins' were profiteering from the Russian oil deal with India.

Navarro alleged that Indian refiners purchase cheap Russian crude, process it, and then sell it abroad at a premium and even said that "India is nothing but a laundromat for the Kremlin."

"And what do we have to do as taxpayers? We have got to send them more money. You got Brahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people. We need that to stop," Trump's aide said in the interview with Fox News.

The remarks were criticised largely in India, with many flagging the 'caste' angle in the comments. Navarro's 'Brahmin' remark also unleashed a meme fest on social medi...