We are proud of GURU TEG BAHADUR JI, who gave his life for the protection of the kashmiri pandits because he believed in equality for all and that everyone has a right to follow their own religion.
We are proud of many and i repeat MANY martyrs like BHAGAT SINGH AND KARTAR SINGH SARABHA who gave their lives for our country.
We
are proud of SHAHEED RAM MUHAMMAD SINGH AZAD (udham singh) who avenged
the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 20 years later , wiping the stain off
Mother India's face.
We are proud of those JAWANS who keep the
pride of our country at our borders. Punjabi's have an age long
tradition of giving the first son of their family to the Army.
SO,
It is because of these people that we take pride in the fact that we
belong to the land of five rivers. It is because of them, we all keep
our heads up high.
BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE MISINTERPRETED!! THIS
DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE THINK WE ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS AND WE THINK
OTHERS ARE OUR SLAVES!!
If you go and talk to a punjabi i am sure
(s)he will talk to you with humility, befriend a punjabi and (s)he can
give his/her life on the name of that friendship!! I am sorry if you've
met people who have ever treated you otherwise for we are those who
start their prayers (Ardas) with:
"NANAK NAAM CHARDI KALAH TERE BHANE SARBAT DA BHALA"
MEANING:
Nanak Naam - Glorifies the name of the Lord
Chardi Kala - Asks for the prosperity and goodwill of His creation
Tere Bhane - Is to seek contentment under His will
Sarbat Da Bhala - Seeks the WELL BEING OF ALL CREATIONS
So, it would be going against our very principles if we think ill of others, humiliate them.
As for the rest of the questions raised by Anonymous:
--> THE JATT ISSUE:
i
am not the only one in the history of ever to say this, but "PUNJAB
DOES NOT MEAN ONLY JATT"...i mean there are people of all the castes and
religions hindus, muslims, sikhs and others, jatt is a subcaste of
sikhs and trust me there are other sikh subcastes too.
AND FOR
THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE STOP LISTENING TO HONEY SINGH!!! (or YO
YO...whatever) i mean that person presents a false image of the actual
Punjabis/Jatts. The jatts they show in most of the songs you hear a tiny
percentage of the jatt population.Yes the Jatt is a very open hearted
guy but he DOES NOT KILL HIS EMEMIES, nor does he keep a lot of guns.
Yes the Jatt has lands, but nearly not as much money you think he does,
rather there are jatts who work hard all day in that land to feed his
family, there are jatts who need to sell his land to get a loan to marry
his daughter. So i humbly request you not to stereotype the entire
population.
-->THE UP/BIHAR SITUATION:
I once
remember my milk man cribbing about the fact that his so called "bhaiya"
left, and how he cannot manage without him. The migrants from UP and
Bihar are an integral part of Punjab. It is clearly evident from the
fact that WE HAVE NEVER ISSUED PUBLIC THREATS TO THEM TO LEAVE "OUR"
LAND. And they are facing troubles in other parts of India.
And
Rest Sardar-Bhaiya is a complicated relationship and even though the use
of word "bhaiya" may seem derogatory, it is not. The fact is Sardar
cannot do without bhaiya!! And all those people(even from Punjab) who
think otherwise are ignorant.
-->FEMALE ISSUE:
Our culture
has always promoted freedom of women. Have you never seen girls do the
"giddha" (the girl equivalent of bhangra)?? The dance form reflects the
society and culture. We always had a free society, our folklore is full
of girls playfully taunting male members of the family, indicating the
freedom of expressions we encouraged. If you say you are from Punjab you
should know all this!!
I agree incidents of women abuse happen,
honor killings happen!! And people are still close minded. But just
because a few people do bad deeds does not mean you blame the entire
race. And please don't make it sound as if it happens only in Punjab. We
are a part of the rest of the country, and we too are constantly
battling with these problems. And WE HAVE STATS IN OUR FAVOR TO SAY
SITUATION HAS IMPROVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE!!
WE RESPECT WOMEN!! JUST LIKE BABA NANAK ASKED US TO!!
MANY
HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO KEEP THIS PRIDE AND WE SHALL NOT LET GO OF
IT.......RATHER WE INVITE YOU TO BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE
FROM, OF WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU WILL HAVE OUR RESPECT FOR THAT.........AS
LONG AS YOU DONT HURT ANYONES HEART!! :)
P.S: I apologize for
giving only sikh referances/quotes, there are equally inspiring hindus,
muslims and christians quotes/references in Punjab but we all share the
same ideology...forgive me for my limited knowledge!!!
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