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There are only 4 castes in India and Jatt isn't one of them. "Jatt" is a sub-community within a caste, not a caste itself. And we (I'm jatt so don't call me offensive lol) aren't even that high, we only rank 3rd out of the 4 castes but have become very respected due to our presence in Punjabi media and the amount of land we own as a community.

How is being proud of being Jatt "wrong" in Sikhi - we're not proud of our "caste" (we can't be cos it's not even a high one lol). If anything, Jatts have helped beat the Indian caste system. We literally rose from its bottom to people admiring our lifestyle. So "Jatt" shouldn't be a taboo topic in Sikhi until it becomes one (eg: making "Jatt Gurdware" like Tarkhans did)

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Paaji my point is that people say "jatt sikh" isn't a thing as "Jatt" as a concept is against Sikhi but I don't see how that is the case. Just like how we say "Punjabi Sikh" or "Kenyan Sikh" (here in the UK those are the two main ones) in Punjab itself it just gets broken down further into "Jatt Sikh", "Ramgarhia Sikh" etc. I don't see how Jatt is against Sikhi.

I know songs about Jatts normally are about Daaru and such but to be fair that's just Punjab as a whole now, especially with drugs. I don't see anything wrong with being "jatt Sikh" unless someone uses it to put other Sikhs down for no reason. Identifying as such is no worse than saying one is "kenyan Skh" or "punjabi Sikh" imo

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1 hour ago, ipledgeblue said:

It is true that there are 4 varnas. But I think the terms jaati castes can still be applied to other groups and tribes. IT is true, that being jatt isn't really following caste system as such, as that is more of the 4 varnas again!

lol and I saw you on the reddit talking about how Kenyan Sikhs are ruining the Panth. 

Like I said, I don't see "jatt sikh" as being any more harmful than "Punjabi or Kenyan Sikh", it's just a category. It only becomes a problem when we make it one imo

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