I would like to know if Ramgarhian caste is any lower than Jatt caste? If yes, then why?
would also like to know if a Ramgarhian boy is allowed to marry a jatt girl?
In india Jatt community seems to have an upper hand being Landlords. And because Ramgharias are in a minority and have to depend on Jatts for work. This true only in Punjab and in the Villages. It is nothing more than mindset. In the past, caste system was Categorised by the work we did or our ancestors had been doing which became family business and through generation after generation we gained expertise in those fields and we never thought of venturing out of those trades.
With more and more people venturing out of India to make a living, It is well known that these so called Jatts make both ends meet in the construction industry as labourers and have slowly moved up to acquire skills as Bricklayers and Carpenter. If Ramgharias are a low caste then why are these so called high caste Jatts working up to become Ramgharias. We all strive to work upwards, to be better than what you are. So now that the circumstances have changed, Can we now say that Jatts have become a low caste and Ramgharias are a higher caste ? Can the jatts retain their self imposed hierachy? A Sikh will undoubtedly say no.
As sikhs we are above this type of thinking. In conclusion, technically speaking, there is no difference but it is not quite so in practice. People need to be educated on this subject. Even those people at the top (our so called Leaders) ask them if they will marry their children into lower caste ? They will not. We sikhs are hypocrites, we do not practice what we preach. If we did then Dr Ambedkar would not have told his community (schedule castes)to turn their face away from Sikhism and become Buddist. This happened because SPC refused to take them under the Sikhism umbrella and accept intercaste marriages.
We all need to change for our survival and for the sake of Sikhism. We should practice what we preach.
As far as inter-caste marriages are concerned, there is no problem what so ever. We need youngsters to come forth and challenge this myth and break these invisible barriers. I have come across many such successful marriages in my own family circles. You need to be a strong character yourself. You need to be a SIKH.
Good Luck if you are in the game.
<<because as long as you are both Sikh, you will have Guru ji's blessing.>>
i doubt this line's sanity...
does my marrying a muslim or hindu girl make me a sinner and not fit for Guruji's blessings??????
there is no castes in sikhi!
caste is something that derives from the pindhs and shehra of India. the gurus abolished this and in its place stands all are sikh; not ramgarhian, not jath, but SIKH!
So the answer to ur question is easy....yes, no matter what 'caste' you are, you can marry into and out of any caste because as long as you are both Sikh, you will have Guru ji's blessing.
if anyone believes in caste system...they are not SIKH!
people take this caste system thing the wrong way. in our society, there is no caste system. jatts (eastern europians), thurkahs (russia/caucus mountians), bhappas (mongolians) are NOT CASTES. these are tribal groups that have stayed intact from when these nomadic tribes moved into the indus river valley.
im too lazy to search the net but im sure you cna find stuff. anthropology is one of my passions so i'll point you twards some books:
H.A.Rose"Glossary of Punjab tribes and Castes."
Veena Das "THE OXFORD INDIA COMPANION TO SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY"
Morton Klass "Caste: The Emergence of The South Asian Social System"
and in regards to your question of why the physical complexions are not uniform? well my answer may bother you, but please take this simply as scientific and not a slander agains anyone's caste.
when a clan rules an area that has multiple clans in it (ie the river valleys of south asia), the ruling clan would rape the women of the other clans in showing of dominence. this does not have anything to do with pro jatt or anti jatt, it is just the way society functions. plus, jatts were not always the ruling clan (although for a majority or pre and post alexander times, they were).
but for argument sake, lets say all the science is wrong. the gene matching to northern indians to the different parts of the world i mentioned... lets say that is all wrong as well. lets get back to the point... has being a jatt or a bhappa or a khatri ever stopped you from entering a gurdwara, a store, a bus? i doubt it. has being an untouchable ever stopped them from doing the same? you can bet on it.
my argument is simple, we do not have a caste system.... just a enthnocentic pride that has been bred into us by generation and generations of our ancestors.