I hear and read this stuff all the time about how sikh, jat, gujjar, baloch, pathan, maratha, rajput, dogra etc etc were classified as martial races by the British...certain people were more suitable to serve in the Queen's (British) army as soldiers. I recently found this on the British Battles website: "The Indian regiments that invaded Afghanistan in 1878.......were predominantly recruited from the “martial” races: Jats, Sikhs, Muslim and Hindu Punjabis, Pathans, Baluchis and Gurkhas."
Notice the "Hindu Punjabis"?? This just brings me to something. A lot of people feel that Sikhs are the original ethnic inhabitants of the Indian Punjab and thus the "real" Punjabis and Hindus are basically outsiders and ethnically not Punjabi.
This is what i've got to say about that. In brief, Persians used the word "Hindu" for "Sindhu", referring to the people who lived near or on the other side of the Sindhu River as "Hindus", and their religion later became known as "Hinduism." Prior to that time, Hindus had called their religion Sanātana Dharma.
Thus, Sikhs are basically those people who came under the influence of the ten Sikh Gurus from 1469 to 1708 AD and chose to adopt the way of life as preached by the Gurus. They are ethnically, no different from any of the other tribes/ethnic groups/communities in the Punjab. Though the way of life that has been followed by the Sikhs for hundreds of years has resulted in them being a very distinct community and has given them quite a unique identity, this in no way means that Sikhs are the only ethnic Punjabi's.
Even though the term "Ethnic Punjabi" is debatable and is out of context here...
Monday, February 12, 2007
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Fucking Indian Professors
I have had the chance to work with one Indian Professor after i came in here and since he was an IIM graduate, he wasnt really the typical Indian Professor. This semester is gonna be bad though.
I just dont like the way they condescend on you and look at you with those doubtful eyes. I mean, man i am here now, someone whom they call the "Director" of the department assigned me to this job, dont look at me like that. I respect you, respect me back and trust me to do the fucking job. Or just deal with it anyways if u have a problem trusting me but dont give me that FUCKING LOOK.
Instead of giving me space and understanding the fact that i am not really used to this Comp Architecture shit, he is like "I expect fucking this and fucking that by tomorrow". I didnt ask for this, someone GAVE IT TO ME, DEAL WITH IT!
And for Gods sake, dont order me around, i am not used to that anymore.
And i like the way my profile pic goes with my mood right now (*tries to smile but lets out a snort instead*)
Maybe i shud have shaved b4 the meeting, whatever, screw him.
Katherine is so nice though, helps you out with a smile on her face, most graceful, if she wasnt the overworked department secretary i would talk to her everyday.
I just dont like the way they condescend on you and look at you with those doubtful eyes. I mean, man i am here now, someone whom they call the "Director" of the department assigned me to this job, dont look at me like that. I respect you, respect me back and trust me to do the fucking job. Or just deal with it anyways if u have a problem trusting me but dont give me that FUCKING LOOK.
Instead of giving me space and understanding the fact that i am not really used to this Comp Architecture shit, he is like "I expect fucking this and fucking that by tomorrow". I didnt ask for this, someone GAVE IT TO ME, DEAL WITH IT!
And for Gods sake, dont order me around, i am not used to that anymore.
And i like the way my profile pic goes with my mood right now (*tries to smile but lets out a snort instead*)
Maybe i shud have shaved b4 the meeting, whatever, screw him.
Katherine is so nice though, helps you out with a smile on her face, most graceful, if she wasnt the overworked department secretary i would talk to her everyday.
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