Omygosh, millions of reply! Obviously can’t read the entire thread but my two cents:
I would go with the opinion: Joyo aur jeene do! Leave them alone!
One simple thing I fail to understand here is: Is it that hard to comprehend that if the two families are happy and if the parents/elders of the groom and the bride had consented then what is the hitch?
Let me understand now. What are the issues?
1. Keeping Jat bloodline pure, is that the issue?
C’mon, you think this can be achieved forcefully or as it was done in this particular case, by getting the poor girl married to the Jat guy by force? What if the girl walks out of the marriage later or God forbid, decides to end her life, just in case? I, for one, would never support this unreasonable use of power, that too against the wish of the families involved.
Ok, hypothetically, lets assume that this will help restoring the “pure” Jat bloodline. But are we sure that it is pure as it is?
Pure bloodline: OK, Only one way: Let all the Jats undergo DNA test to assure that we have the pure lineage already before making lives of the poor people hell. Lets first assure what we have, what if its already “contaminated”! Mahapanchayat: what a farce..
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# On a sidenote: In fact, at times I feel we should allow our lineage to mix with the others. Until now, what kind of professions Jats were excelling into? Lets talk about the majority and exclude the recent exceptions in modeling and bollywood and other handful of big names. What comes to your mind, honestly? Bus conductors, drivers, lower levels in fauj etc etc. I know many of you will not buy this and would argue for the lack of opportunity, Jats being primarily a farmers’ class! That is true but the conserved genetic pool playing a role to an extent can’t be ruled out either. What say?
2. As some of us had said, maintaining/continuing the Jat culture/traditions is the issue.
But c’mon every culture around the globe is equally good and respect worthy. This will not mean that I don’t like/respect our very own Jat culture, I love it and would try to propagate it in the future generations but not at the cost of someone’s life/happiness. Who are we to ask someone to make sacrifices, who gave us the power to do that, we all have equal liberty to take our own decisions regarding life. If you wanna sacrifice, you are most welcome, can not be forced on others!
By the way, this appreciation/flaunt for Jat culture is seen more in those Jats who are away from the main jatland, ask the poor villagers who have been there for years and do not see any bleak chance of getting out of there, they don’t have a choice like we handful of “sophisticated jats” have, for them it is the way of life, so I won’t buy this argument if look at the problem globally!
3. If it is the question of Jats’ prestige (since a Jat girl was involved and not the boy) , then it is B******t! What a way to maintain the spurious pride by degrading it even more. We will see how successful these mahapanchayats will be in “controlling” lives of people.. !
Moreover, the bottom line is: issues like marriages, I believe, are very much personal concerning the two individuals and their families. If there are no issues with them why the hell “others” are bothered?
I would go with the opinion: Joyo aur jeene do! Leave them alone!
One simple thing I fail to understand here is: Is it that hard to comprehend that if the two families are happy and if the parents/elders of the groom and the bride had consented then what is the hitch?
Let me understand now. What are the issues?
1. Keeping Jat bloodline pure, is that the issue?
C’mon, you think this can be achieved forcefully or as it was done in this particular case, by getting the poor girl married to the Jat guy by force? What if the girl walks out of the marriage later or God forbid, decides to end her life, just in case? I, for one, would never support this unreasonable use of power, that too against the wish of the families involved.
Ok, hypothetically, lets assume that this will help restoring the “pure” Jat bloodline. But are we sure that it is pure as it is?
Pure bloodline: OK, Only one way: Let all the Jats undergo DNA test to assure that we have the pure lineage already before making lives of the poor people hell. Lets first assure what we have, what if its already “contaminated”! Mahapanchayat: what a farce..
!# On a sidenote: In fact, at times I feel we should allow our lineage to mix with the others. Until now, what kind of professions Jats were excelling into? Lets talk about the majority and exclude the recent exceptions in modeling and bollywood and other handful of big names. What comes to your mind, honestly? Bus conductors, drivers, lower levels in fauj etc etc. I know many of you will not buy this and would argue for the lack of opportunity, Jats being primarily a farmers’ class! That is true but the conserved genetic pool playing a role to an extent can’t be ruled out either. What say?
2. As some of us had said, maintaining/continuing the Jat culture/traditions is the issue.
But c’mon every culture around the globe is equally good and respect worthy. This will not mean that I don’t like/respect our very own Jat culture, I love it and would try to propagate it in the future generations but not at the cost of someone’s life/happiness. Who are we to ask someone to make sacrifices, who gave us the power to do that, we all have equal liberty to take our own decisions regarding life. If you wanna sacrifice, you are most welcome, can not be forced on others!
By the way, this appreciation/flaunt for Jat culture is seen more in those Jats who are away from the main jatland, ask the poor villagers who have been there for years and do not see any bleak chance of getting out of there, they don’t have a choice like we handful of “sophisticated jats” have, for them it is the way of life, so I won’t buy this argument if look at the problem globally!
3. If it is the question of Jats’ prestige (since a Jat girl was involved and not the boy) , then it is B******t! What a way to maintain the spurious pride by degrading it even more. We will see how successful these mahapanchayats will be in “controlling” lives of people..
!Moreover, the bottom line is: issues like marriages, I believe, are very much personal concerning the two individuals and their families. If there are no issues with them why the hell “others” are bothered?
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