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Jasbir ji, I know exactly where you are coming from. I am from the UK, but I know from my experience in the cities in India the Sikh community does not pay much attention to caste. They are just happy Sikh are marrying Sikhs. In the instances I have quoted the caste backgrounds and need for preservation of the caste linegage and history has been replaced with a greater ideal. That of a common shared history of Sikhi. Also I can understand fully why caste was needed. Can imagine a Jatt woman in the old days marrying say a Kumaar. What would the Jatt woman know about Pottery. Caste was a necessity then. Today it is not. We must replace our caste ideals and reinforce them with ideas of Sikhi.... the reason for this is clear to be seen. Dera's, Sants, Caste based Gurudwaras are becoming the norm and Sikhi will disintergrate.
Jasbir ji, I know exactly where you are coming from.
I am from the UK, but I know from my experience in the cities in India the Sikh community does not pay much attention to caste. They are just happy Sikh are marrying Sikhs.
In the instances I have quoted the caste backgrounds and need for preservation of the caste linegage and history has been replaced with a greater ideal. That of a common shared history of Sikhi.
Also I can understand fully why caste was needed. Can imagine a Jatt woman in the old days marrying say a Kumaar. What would the Jatt woman know about Pottery. Caste was a necessity then. Today it is not.
We must replace our caste ideals and reinforce them with ideas of Sikhi.... the reason for this is clear to be seen. Dera's, Sants, Caste based Gurudwaras are becoming the norm and Sikhi will disintergrate.
