Well Said
If at all it matters
It does matter every community members views matter .. however diverse they might be ...
i wanna say that i am into an intercaste marriage and have been living with my parents for the past ten years. My kids are very comfortable when my parents speak to them in pure haryanvi and i have never heard my sife saying"BETA PLEASE TALK IN ENGLISH ", or "Haryanvi mein baat mat karo".
These are the sentences i have often heard in many many houses where the arranged marriages between the so called educated jats and jatnis have been solemnised.
You will obviously have a problem with any opposition to inter-cast marriage as you are into one yourself - its natural.
Now in your case if thing are how you have put them out to be, then your marriage in contemporary context is perfectly fine. There are not enough girls in our community and we need to look outside.
So a Jat male marrying outside is okay, but such marriages come with great responsibilities ... the responsibility to ensure that the future generations do not have a split identity and they identify themselves as Jats only.
A Jat male who is in an intercast marriage, his kids will obviously have a Jat surname (unless ofcouse he is Jewish now) ... so if extra effort is made to ensure that the kids know Jat cultute & traditions .. and feel and identify themselves as Jats then all is good.
It is not hard ... just need a little concious effort is needed as the kids will grow up in a Jat house hold (the father and grandparents being Jat - it will be a Jat majority household and Jat ways will hold propority)
In case of a Jat female marrying outside it will be just opposite (dont blame me .. thats the social set-up)
(I would like to clarify I am no authority to give certificates on peoples Jathood ... The comments herein are only my views, I am in no way intending or trying to profess a code of conduct for Jats. Please fell free to disagree, dispute or rubbish my views)
I would reqest all the jatlanders not to take it otherwise but most of the so called messiahs of the Jat society are the ones whose kids or grandkids are ones who leave apart speaking are not able to understand our language.
You are so right .. the urban Jats think speaking in Haryanvi has a "backward" tag attached to it ... this is unfortunate and embarassing .. Its about time we started taking pride in our boli, culture, blood and traditions.
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so guys please ,it can be a personal matter if somebody marries out of caste and we should not be judgemantal about their loyalty towards their parents or the community.
with advnce apoligies if i have offended somebody.
dev.
I am not being judgemental .... but the truth is the truth .. the future generation of intercast couples cannot outrighly claim to be Jat .. especially if its a Jat girl that marries outside the community ... And its not because i say so .. its just the social set-up we live in ... thats the way things work ..
As for guys .. it is easier to get the family accepted in the Jat fold, if one takes the right steps and the kids have one and only identity .. i.e Jat
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