There is no such thing as hindu. There aree only thakurs, bramins, kshatriyas, jats, yadavs, and others. No body's proud to be hindu but proud to belong to certain caste. In such a scenario, the soceeity tend to crumble. In india, particularly in north india, everybody is keen to know the surnames which basically give an indication about which tribe one belongs to.
RE:there is no such thing as hindu
by Veluswamy kumaran on Mar 14, 2008 08:58 PM Permalink
i kept, my father's name as my last name. When a lady here, asked me whether it is a tribe name. I said, it is not, i removed the tribe name from my name. Because, people used to put behind their name for the sake of pride, i strike it off, when i was in my school, thinking, the pride should come from my name and not from my tribe's name. I'm just saying, you guys, whomever having a last name as their tribe name, can strike it as well, because, if it is giving pride to you to be associated with your caste, it is disgrace for somebody in the country to associate with their caste. So, let us strike off the caste name from our name. If you don't agree for this, here is a catch for you, then we are not eligible for acting against the reservation, as we are not ready to act against the evils of caste systems. Just think about it, instead of abusing me....
RE:there is no such thing as hindu
by Navneet on Mar 14, 2008 09:09 PM Permalink
Its a good point to note. In south, they normally put their father'sname after ones own name but in north, ur supposed to put your caste name or tribe name after ones name. For example, what does gupta, malhotra, yadav,panigrahy and all those names means. People seems to be insisting on ur surnames, mostly in north.
RE:there is no such thing as hindu
by Fried Yakov on Mar 14, 2008 09:01 PM Permalink
You are wrong- it is true that the wordHindu was coined by Muslims and the British, but the religion they were referring to was and is still calle 'Sanatan Dharma'. Just as there is casteism in Hinduism, deep divisions exist both in Islam and Christian society too. How many times have you seen marraiges between Shias and Sunnis, Shias/ Sunnis and Ahmediyas, Shia / Sunni/ Ahmediya adn Bohras? They even do not go to the same mosque and have separate festivals. Atleast Hindus worship the same deities and have mostly the same festivals.
RE:there is no such thing as hindu
by sayed taj on Mar 14, 2008 09:13 PM Permalink
Boss..... before u write something on the blog, y dont u do a little bit of home work??? Muslim are followers of islam....n those who do not follow the sets of pure rules set by a religion called islam how could u even call them muslim???? Shiyas will feed their jhootas to other (against islam) Bohras (into liqours business).... they r not luslim at all.... hwo could a muslim marry some body who is not muslim first of all????
RE:there is no such thing as hindu
by Fried Yakov on Mar 14, 2008 09:28 PM Permalink
There my friend lies the difference- Hindus accept that there has been divisions between themselves on the basis of casteism and work now to resolve those differences, and inter caste marraiges are common specially in urban areas. Incontrast most of the Islamic sects think that the other sects are not true Muslims, and adopt a holier than thou attitude.
