Hobbies Of Rural Elites In Panjab

[dallysingh101]

Interesting article:

http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?cat=20&id=6258

[dallysingh101]

I wonder if these guys are Badal's bum-chums?

[InderjitS]

The situation for the wealthy is in stark contrast to the poor farmers who are in extreme depths of debt and suffer high suicide rates due to high interest rates and a multitude of other factors.

At the same time farmers with land across Punjab and particularly since the advent of machinery have become lazy, suffer from a number of diseases such has high BP, diabetes, arthritis etc due to inactivity and they employ biharis who I would class as the real Jats (farmers) at present.

[dallysingh101]

The situation for the wealthy is in stark contrast to the poor farmers who are in extreme depths of debt and suffer high suicide rates due to high interest rates and a multitude of other factors.

At the same time farmers with land across Punjab and particularly since the advent of machinery have become lazy, suffer from a number of diseases such has high BP, diabetes, arthritis etc due to inactivity and they employ biharis who I would class as the real Jats (farmers) at present.

Getting declared as a 'backward caste' last year, with the resultant reservations should go someway in helping the poor juts. Outside of that, less landed juts need to wake up and smell the coffee and move into other trades. It's been obvious that their current situation is unable to sustain them and their families for a while now. They should accept that truth.

These juts have to adapt just like blacksmiths, carpenters, cloth makers etc. etc. had to adapt and deal with rapid changes brought about by the industrial revolution, which made a large part of their traditional occupations redundant.

It also says a lot that the more affluent juts seem apathetic with the plight of their poorer brethren.

[InderjitS]

Getting declared as a 'backward caste' last year, with the resultant reservations should go someway in helping the poor juts. Outside of that, less landed juts need to wake up and smell the coffee and move into other trades. It's been obvious that their current situation is unable to sustain them and their families for a while now. They should accept that truth.

These juts have to adapt just like blacksmiths, carpenters, cloth makers etc. etc. had to adapt and deal with rapid changes brought about by the industrial revolution, which made a large part of their traditional occupations redundant.

It also says a lot that the more affluent juts seem apathetic with the plight of their poorer brethren.

Many have already adapted, and they have been for years...opening car mechanics, dhabey and other businesses and others have sold land and purchased far more in Australia.

Land in Punjab is a finite resource of income due to over farming techniques, dwindling crops, falling prices, very low water table in part thanks to diversion of water to other states (we all know its no longer the land of 5 rivers) and growing of water intensive rice. The state machinery is anti farmer and labourer to top it off land is not worth what it used to be, in some areas prices have dropped by 50% plus.

Educated rural youth who do not wish to enter the farming trade are not assisted at all, there is high unemployment (75 lakh and counting) in particular for Sikhs, and a few years ago a study showed 34% of marginal farmers living below the poverty line, this has since increased.

[dallysingh101]

Many have already adapted, and they have been for years...opening car mechanics, dhabey and other businesses and others have sold land and purchased far more in Australia.

Land in Punjab is a finite resource of income due to over farming techniques, dwindling crops, falling prices, very low water table in part thanks to diversion of water to other states (we all know its no longer the land of 5 rivers) and growing of water intensive rice. The state machinery is anti farmer and labourer to top it off land is not worth what it used to be, in some areas prices have dropped by 50% plus.

Educated rural youth who do not wish to enter the farming trade are not assisted at all, there is high unemployment (75 lakh and counting) in particular for Sikhs, and a few years ago a study showed 34% of marginal farmers living below the poverty line, this has since increased.

I hear that. But as I mentioned earlier the declaration of OBC status should help some of those educated rurals you talk of. Outside of that, in an increasingly competitive world, how much outside help can people expect these days? And the truth is that rural farmers have had it really good for a fair few centuries now compared to some other communities. How long did they expect that streak to run for? Farming isn't without problems either, we all know of the cancer epidemic thought to be caused from the over use of chemicals in agriculture. That is a self inflicted problem brought about through greed or a staggering level of ignorance.

Outside of external interference, climate change is going to make things even more difficult REALLY soon.

The outright decadence of those 'sardars' in the OP is telling. When the ish hits the fan and they start crying - the jut community shouldn't be surprised if other communities are indifferent to their plight. Spending thousands on greyhounds...what the heck. That just goes back to the excess ostentation that often characterises jut society, be it in wedding celebrations or other status symbols like cars, or purposefully spoiling your sons.

Point is that there is more than enough money amongst jut society to sort out their own problems, that is what juts need to face up to and make happen. Waiting on blatantly hostile, or obviously indifferent outside forces to help is the dumbest thing ever. Plus deeply entrenched appalling attitudes and behaviour towards other Panjabi communities over generations isn't exactly going to make any of them sympathetic either.