Here are few basic understandings of mine behind big terms like Caste ,Marraige and Values(including customs ).
Caste /Values(including customs ): Designed by human beings for human beings .This means caste structure was introduced to help civilized people.Now what happened is later these group of people under same roof customized it further according to their convenience.That includes spiritual customs ,morals and desciplines etc.
Tell me when you meet individual or his family do you first go for their caste or how they are treating you . But offcourse their behaviour.
I will say born and bought up culture defines individuals attitude towards life , that too when you conceive something called truth and change your behaviour according to it then there is nothing better than this.Even people from same caste has conflicts .We are globalizing and our thoughts should do the same thing .Take best out of it.
Now question is who will decide what is best(Right) and what is not.Its you and only you .
Values like respecting parents do their degree varies according to caste .If you say diffetrent caste follows differnt customs during various auspicious events so does that reduces importance of that day .People are Following different god , goddes and guru to connect to supreme being does that changes our believes in supreme power.
Values are values , god is god only that there are different way to see , feel and follow it.At the end all meet at the same conjuction point .Respect for each people and their custom that what we required , no need of anyone to follow your stream of thought .Let them be what they are.See the basic not superfacial appearance of it.
Marraige : Marraige is between two families agreed but more than that its about connecting people in love bonding .As you mentioned at end if I get perfect match from other caste do I take a pain for him .Yes offcourse and I won't call it as pain for me that would be like standing on truth and changing wrong views of people in right direction.
7 comments:
Good points Rashmi. (And before I start this comment tirade, let me assure you that I disagree, but don't disrespect your view).
"Tell me when you meet individual or his family do you first go for their caste or how they are treating you."
Let's say you found a really great guy, when you decide to commit to him, don't tell me that you will not even have a glance at his prospects, career etc. Just being a good guy or good gal at heart doesnt do the trick. This is no movie romance business. It's life, reality. In the same way, the caste difference highlights that there are more chances that there might be too many adjustments in store as time flows. This is enough indication for some to shy away.
And btw, since you seem to like globalization of thoughts, are you also appreciative of live-in relationships and gay marriages?
As mentioned in the comments on the last blog post, parents nowadays are more open, and conflicts do not arise even in case of inter caste relationships. It's a personal thing. Very subjective. Everybody is right, and everybody is wrong. To each, his own:
"There is no good, there is no bad,
These be the whims of the mortal will,
What works me well that I call good,
What harms and hurts, I hold as ill"
@Rohan :I never said I 'll go for just heart and looks , my point was caste should not be decission criteria.Its good that you agree to looks point(Liked it)
I disagree with the probability of problem flow in case of inter caste marraige ,I think its all upto us .Caste is never in picture.
To talk about Globalised view then I do support both leaving relationship and gay marraige .Its individual's desicion and I am no one to say right and wrong about their lives.Two people like each other and want to spend life together then where is the problem.
To give you a gyan then gay people are not mentally sick they are just attracted towards same sex and I guess they are not doing anything wrong.I also believe this type of Self satisfaction is much better than throughing out your frustration on innocent people(Rape).
Now what happened is later these group of people under same roof customized it further according to their convenience
Well said ! So the moot question is whether one has the courage to question those traditional beliefs and go beyond them.
hi mugga queen, nice post. anything to say regarding communties instead of castes.
and please put an rss feed on your blog. it will help your readers.
hmm...ahaan...a lot has been said .. a lot has been read and commented...
I kind of agree with your views rashmi...
After all, the center of it all is "oneself" and how "he/she wants to live life"
the rituals of society are made by these "oneself" things only...thinking those rituals are for their good...
but sometimes they turn out to be someone else's nemesis
So crux is..."Live life as you want" ..U got only one life..
Dream as if you live forever
Live as if you die today!
Cheers
Aj
Smeagol,
Ur knowledge on origins of castes has also come from the same people who actually created these distinctions and further "convinient distictions" in the society.
The proof of only some KIND of people NOT being strong, intelligent etc. is that given the chance people from every category are able to fight for country and reach the top positions in every field irrespective of special concessions provided or not. As we see in today's world. Only thing required is opportunity and open mind.
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