Now All The Money Has Gone - Jatts Are Now, Officially, A Backward Class

[sikhiseeker]

WJKK WJKF,

Jat, jat, jat! That's all we ever hear. This is a political and economical/social topic not concerning sikhi or the parchar of sikhi. Simply the ever growing supremacy issue for the jatt. Nothing to do with our dharam.

How the hypocrite has been bitten back by hypocrisy. Leave your caste aside, then become khalsa, one united people of no caste. What would India do then?

[S1ngh]

This is the upside down topsy turvy world which is India.

Getting 'backward class' status is like winning the lottery.

Get it, and your son and daughter is guaranteed a job.

Get it, and your son and daughter is guaranteed a university place.

Get it, and your son and daughter only needs to attain a lower grade in order to get a pass in exams.

Without it, the status quo was that unemployment among jatts, including their graduates, was close to 90%. The urban classes who own the private businesses in Punjab don't give jobs to the jatts because they only give jobs among their own groups and the government civil service jobs were reserved for the backward classes.

That, and that only, is why many jatts were agitating to get the 'status'.

When you live in a corrupt, backward system, the only way to function is in corrupt backward ways.

TRUE !

[sikhiseeker]

WJKK WJKF

Also, what jatt are we talking about, the"jatt" farmer, the "jatt" caste or the "jatt" creed. I should at this point add in "jatt" sikh, but this does not exist in sikhi.

Topics like these bring out the supporters of caste, as they still see pride in thier caste amrit dhari or non amrit dhari. Then in other posts they will try and give opinions based on gurmat. If only they stuck to their guns on this one too!

[buddasingh]

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That, and that only, is why many jatts were agitating to get the 'status'.

When you live in a corrupt, backward system, the only way to function is in corrupt backward ways.

Fair point perhaps...

However, it also needs to be said that for a Sikh, when you live in a corrupt, backward system, the only way to function is to topple the backward ways, either with quiet dignity, or loudly, but never become corrupt.

There are indeed Sikhs who carry on, in India and around the world, living quietly with spectacular dignity, yet surrounded by humans who ape the dysfunctional society around them.

[Cisco_Singh]

Fair point perhaps...

However, it also needs to be said that for a Sikh, when you live in a corrupt, backward system, the only way to function is to topple the backward ways, either with quiet dignity, or loudly, but never become corrupt.

There are indeed Sikhs who carry on, in India and around the world, living quietly with spectacular dignity, yet surrounded by humans who ape the dysfunctional society around them.

Agreed does living in a corrupt system mean that you should accept it and become corrupt yourself ?? No this is not what Sikhi is about. Sikhi has always been about defiance against corruption and I justice.

Ranjit Mani was right " chitay chadray , jameenah ghanay, putt sardara de" ..generations of laziness and getting drink instead of working hard has lead to the current situation.

The system is corrupt as well but its not entirely too blame.