Does that make him a non Sikh? Is it wrong? No. Gurbani mentioned Bhagat Dhanna ji, as Dhanna Jatt, because he was a Jatt from Dhaliwal clan of Jatts. So he is just addressing himself that way.
Well, may be because he belongs to that ethnic group of Punjab & because he might be a Sikh. It is a waste of time thinking, why he is calling himself a Jatt Sikh and not Sikh. What is separating the two sides then? We both know what it is. A practicing Sikh may not be a Jatt and still the one doing wrong deeds.
A sikh would never mind if you call him Sikh or a Jatt Sikh (if he is Jatt). By our turban, one might be able to tell if these people are Sikhs or not.Ĭrux of the talk is that being a Jatt or Khatri or from a Hindu high caste system or being white or black does not make anyone higher or lower.
Does that make you or me any smarter, higher or lower? I don’t think so and I have always failed to understand…why it does so for most learned people. By your color I might tell you are white or black or whatever and by my clan name you might tell if I am Jatt or not. Having said that, question arises….so where is this scary chill of someone being Jatt or an inferiority complex from so called Gurmukh Sikhs, coming from…who are trying to put Jatts down and contradicting their credo as well?īut, is addressing a Sikh as Jatt wrong? Why…? Is he not a Jatt if he becomes a Sikh? Is a person not White or Black or Hispanic if their become Sikh or Christian or Muslim? Should he not maintain his culture or ethics or values or literature if he becomes a Sikh? I think he should. Dropping it would be asking to drop all of those I mentioned above (which I don’t understand has a any reasons to be dropped). Instead, they prefer to maintain their ethnic identity, culture and customs, language and literature etc…none of which is prohibited by any regulations of Sikhism. But point is, that, Jatts haven’t whined about this credo & never associated themselves with this caste system in past, neither they do now. Having given the basic geographical location geographical of Jatts from all religions, I would understand it if someone is trying to tie Jatts down as shudras, like some highly intelligent scholars from some of the Sikh websites do, calling Jatts as low class (as per Indian caste system) and then marching with an agenda of No-belief-in-caste-system. If I were to present an analogy, I will use a job or more-so military system.although, not all aspects may match. As a matter of fact, if a Brahmin of their system eats meat, eats with shudra or crosses sea, he automatically falls off his high rank. So that is what they would call a Jatt as or even a visible white person.let us say, from Canada as. Prominent Indian caste system binds every outsider to their lowest category, shudra. I would like to hear from you, how do you categorize an ethnic group or a homogeneous ethnic group if you want to call it that, as caste? People of all Jatt clans amongst Hindu, Muslim or Sikhs, have been living in North India (and W Punjab), for about a couple of thousand years now. I went through some of the article and the 5 comments. I am happy to change my mind again as seems wise in light of new and fascinating knowledge. So now I have changed my opinion and I feel that Dusenbery and the rest of us, including those who happily call themselves “Jatt Sikhs” should use the standard modern English usage – “Sikhs of Jatt Descent.” Recently I have been visiting a “Jatt” internet forum to share my thoughts, and also be educated, by fellow Sikhs (of various types) who assert that “Jat” is not a Hindu caste, rather an ethnic group. They have a discrete and distinct cultural history that can be historically traced back to ancient times.” The Jat people follow different faiths and are engaged in different professions. The Jat people of India and Pakistan are not to be confused with the peripatetic Jats of Afghanistan, who are a distinct ethnic group. “The Jat people are considered by some to be the merged descendants of the original Indo-Aryans and a later addition of Indo-Scythian tribes of the region, merging to form the Jat people.