Interesting Topic.
I personally think that one cannot call themselves a Sikh or they believe in Castes. As far as I understand Sikhism was formed to end such differences, and it is sad that our Sikhs are not over this. I don't care who get married to who mere niane ta jide nal marji karon i have no problem. Differences among people existed always if it wasn’t a caste difference it has to do with status if not that then race if not that then religion lol it never ends does it? But sad thing is we Indians create differences among ourselves and try to put each other down based on what we had no choice over haha! Not sure who gave anyone that right anyhow I wish people would learn to understand others as another human being rather than putting a price on them.
As far as it goes to what "gharde" think it's kind of hard to judge them because considering their backgrounds and where/how they were brought up the society (so called “samaaaaj”) has made their mind setting certain way so can't really blame them if they believe in castes. Trust me no matter how educated or uneducated you are, you will see these kind of differences among both. Because Even if one doesn’t really believe that the society made them to believe that certain way the problem is we (today’s generation what them to transform overnight lol things are changing but it is going to take time for them to accept this change. ..we have forgotten that people don’t like “change” you can say they are afraid or whatnot...i have heard several people say "jida siyanea ne keha or jida siyane karde c it was for a reason" this or that to justify why the way they want their jatt son to marry jatt girl.
: honestly it doesn't make sense to me because i feel that if you are not over caste differences then at least don’t call yourself a Sikh.
i was reading everyone’s responds...i wanted to make comment on Karam Singh ...it made me think when you said the following:
Par mera eh manna k je apni caste ya brabar de nal viah hove ta changa. Kyo agar apa intercaste karde aa ta zahir e k do families de vich ohna de costoms , rehen sehen, soch da fark hoyega te eh fark age ja k prob v kar sakda.
Bt its just a theory of mine. . . Mai ehda pakka follower ni haiga
interesting point ...I’ve actually heard that but you know i disagree because i think being Indian i have understood the fact our rituals and customs change depending on what area we belong to in India...for example.. my sis in law was born and raised in delhi...yet their rituals/customs are from the area her ancestors came from which is amritsar area (i forgot what it’s called) anyhow and i grew up in states but my rituals/customs are what my parents taught us which belong to jalandhar area meaning duaba, although we belong to same caste but we still have differences in the way we do things and say some of the phrases in punjabi jus because our ancestors belong to different areas in Punjab. we just have to learn and determine what is acceptable and what not in order adapt or change ourselves to such things.
Okay that’s enough for today :hehe:
ena lamba hogyea kise ne parna b ni a hun :laugh: oh well!