Lot of Sikhs bet on the strategy of completely divorcing themselves from the bad reputation and stereotypes of India by calling themselves “Punjabis, Sikhs” and believing in that exceptionalism. Indians obviously took glee in it when North Americans started rejecting this shtick.
https://twitter.com/Narsimha_dev/status/1824472730278015303
I’m also a Punjabi, but why should I do Punjabi exceptionalism? If I really want to divorce myself from India’s bad reputation, then who cares about ethnicity? I should just bring in my caste (Khatri) which is responsible for most of Punjabi history as well as being elite human capital in modernity.
The reality is regional and linguistic exceptionalism is cope. The only thing that’s real in India is caste and we don’t do caste exceptionalism because it’s impolite and we wanted to build a unified civilizational identity by sacrificing our own caste for wider goals like Hindutva/Dharma. Lot of non-Khatri Punjabis just didn’t get this. You lead from ahead, not from behind.
What I am trying to explain is something nuanced. Lot of Indian castes that were and are truly exceptional chose to not give a shit about their caste’s achievements so they could do national unity and Hindutva.
But mediocre people doubled down on regional/linguistic/caste kanging to destroy this national civilizational unity. That’s the tragedy of India.
But mediocre people doubled down on regional/linguistic/caste kanging to destroy this national civilizational unity. That’s the tragedy of India.
Ever seen Iyers (Tamil Brahmins) go around telling White people saar we have as many Nobel Prizes and Fields medals as NW Europeans, saar we arent pajeets, why would you dare to call us a pajeet? When in fact, Iyers can easily make such a claim and it is *true*
But they don’t do it! They only care about Hindutva/civilizational Indian identity. This is true nobless oblige.
But they don’t do it! They only care about Hindutva/civilizational Indian identity. This is true nobless oblige.
Hindutva/Indic unity and identity might be based on lies and be “copium” but it is a necessary copium to keep everything going. If we all just start caring about our castes, it’s game over.
The problem is, many Punjabi Sikhs not only rejected Indic civilizational identity, they doubled down on hating India/Hindus while feeling comfy that they live in the 1st world now.
The problem is, many Punjabi Sikhs not only rejected Indic civilizational identity, they doubled down on hating India/Hindus while feeling comfy that they live in the 1st world now.
> move to 1st world
> realize ur fairer than avg indian
> realize ur religion can be seen as non-Hindu
> realize india is a shithole w no positive tropes
> reject indian identity to get rid of this pajeet baggage
> claim a new identity for yourself that has 0 negative baggage
> realize ur fairer than avg indian
> realize ur religion can be seen as non-Hindu
> realize india is a shithole w no positive tropes
> reject indian identity to get rid of this pajeet baggage
> claim a new identity for yourself that has 0 negative baggage
Abrahamisation of Sikhi worked like this
> brits conquer all of india & punjab
> brits are xtian
> realize xtian is high status in 19-20th c
> hinduism low status loser religion
> realize many brits think sikhi is like xtianity in some ways hence better
> reject all hindu elements (inferior pajeet things)
> convenient new identity that has 0 negatives of hinduism: one god, one book, no caste, comfy!
> brits conquer all of india & punjab
> brits are xtian
> realize xtian is high status in 19-20th c
> hinduism low status loser religion
> realize many brits think sikhi is like xtianity in some ways hence better
> reject all hindu elements (inferior pajeet things)
> convenient new identity that has 0 negatives of hinduism: one god, one book, no caste, comfy!
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