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Gurbani (660-685)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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<blockquote data-quote="dalsingh" data-source="post: 64219" data-attributes="member: 2883"><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I'll tell you straight up. I had a close family friend (Jatt landlord with financially supportive relatives in the UK and Canada) who visited me a year ago and he was bewailing the fact that he COULDN'T find seasonal workers to harvest his land. The reason, he continued, was that these workers were now going to the towns to work in factories or other industries and were getting better paid jobs and better security through long term job prospects there. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Economic migration is nothing new or "recent" to Punjab. My own family owned timber saw mills and I remember bhaiyas working there about 25 years ago. These people would work and then return to their families. So how is this anything new? They were probably treated better at our place then by your average arrogant peasant. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I would explain Punjabis overseas as a phenomena mainly based on financial desires and also what seems like an inherent trait of outward exploration in the community. Exactly what made Sikhs (especially Jatts) prance around the globe as soldiers under the British i.e. desire for money + adventure. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Like people weren't migrating for economic gain before the Industrial revolution!! Indeed the oft quoted history of Jatts (Sakas) claims they themselves came from elsewhere and settled in Punjab to exploit the fertile land i.e. better opportunity. Moors pushed into Europe and formed kingdoms up Spain and Italy. Europeans did it in America/Canada/Austrialia/New Zealand amongst places. So no I disagree, it isn't just capitalism that makes people congregate in resource/opportunity rich environments but their own ambitions/aspirations. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Yes, sure. Jatts farm for the love of India and its potentially starving population - who are you kidding dude!!!! A strong feature of Jatt culture is economic dominance of other clans in Punjab. Have you seen how substandard MOST Jatts treat so called "lower castes" Pull the other one dude...it has bells on it. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So does my family and even they have become lazy from renting land out back home. And what? </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">Dude if you don't wake up to the difficult too swallow fact that Jatts are majorly losing the plot the problems will only increase.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Spoken like a true Jatt .... </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Why should I work......"</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: Black">"Let me use these lesser breeds to do my labour" </span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">"Bullcrap Sardari"</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">What do you want to do....use bhaiyas and throw them out of Punjab when your finished with them.......really compassionate</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">Plus are you unaware of the growing problem of land poisoning through excessive use of pesticides....pindus can't read/follow the instructions and are ruining the dharti as a result it seems. Real expertise.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">The day I see Jatts give a monkeys about other people besides their own and stop trying to corrupt/dominate every damn thing in Punjab/Sikhism I may give a hoot. </span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">Forget now. Use your brain and try and think what problems Jatts will have if global warming gets worse and large sections of land may become unworkable. </span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dalsingh, post: 64219, member: 2883"] [COLOR=Black][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] I'll tell you straight up. I had a close family friend (Jatt landlord with financially supportive relatives in the UK and Canada) who visited me a year ago and he was bewailing the fact that he COULDN'T find seasonal workers to harvest his land. The reason, he continued, was that these workers were now going to the towns to work in factories or other industries and were getting better paid jobs and better security through long term job prospects there. Economic migration is nothing new or "recent" to Punjab. My own family owned timber saw mills and I remember bhaiyas working there about 25 years ago. These people would work and then return to their families. So how is this anything new? They were probably treated better at our place then by your average arrogant peasant. I would explain Punjabis overseas as a phenomena mainly based on financial desires and also what seems like an inherent trait of outward exploration in the community. Exactly what made Sikhs (especially Jatts) prance around the globe as soldiers under the British i.e. desire for money + adventure. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Like people weren't migrating for economic gain before the Industrial revolution!! Indeed the oft quoted history of Jatts (Sakas) claims they themselves came from elsewhere and settled in Punjab to exploit the fertile land i.e. better opportunity. Moors pushed into Europe and formed kingdoms up Spain and Italy. Europeans did it in America/Canada/Austrialia/New Zealand amongst places. So no I disagree, it isn't just capitalism that makes people congregate in resource/opportunity rich environments but their own ambitions/aspirations. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR][COLOR=Black][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Yes, sure. Jatts farm for the love of India and its potentially starving population - who are you kidding dude!!!! A strong feature of Jatt culture is economic dominance of other clans in Punjab. Have you seen how substandard MOST Jatts treat so called "lower castes" Pull the other one dude...it has bells on it. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR][COLOR=Black][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] So does my family and even they have become lazy from renting land out back home. And what? [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR][COLOR=Black] Dude if you don't wake up to the difficult too swallow fact that Jatts are majorly losing the plot the problems will only increase. [/COLOR][COLOR=Black][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Spoken like a true Jatt .... "Why should I work......" [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]"Let me use these lesser breeds to do my labour" "Bullcrap Sardari" What do you want to do....use bhaiyas and throw them out of Punjab when your finished with them.......really compassionate Plus are you unaware of the growing problem of land poisoning through excessive use of pesticides....pindus can't read/follow the instructions and are ruining the dharti as a result it seems. Real expertise. The day I see Jatts give a monkeys about other people besides their own and stop trying to corrupt/dominate every damn thing in Punjab/Sikhism I may give a hoot. Forget now. Use your brain and try and think what problems Jatts will have if global warming gets worse and large sections of land may become unworkable. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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