What is your caste?

[indushek]

Never knew Sens and Guptas are Baidya and not Kasthya. So much things I yet to know in world.



Since there is not Kshatriya and Baishya(Baniya) Varna in Bengal, so all non Brahmins should be Shudra according to Varna system. However Caste system is different from Varna system.

No idea man searched on net, found in wiki that these sirnames belong to Vaidya or Vaidhya or Baidhya caste, tried my luck with Joe. I was 99% sure i would be wrong, not much can be relied on wiki u know.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Hey Joe Niyogi's are in Andhra Pradesh too, there are two pradhama sakha and 6000 niyogi. My mother is 6000 Niyogi while father is Madhwa. why do u say in west bengal only ?? i heard niyogi came from North like Maharashtra or somewhere don't know where, can u throw some light on this??

No, no, I meant that among Vaidyas only. Niyogi is known in other places as well, so is Vaidya. More accurately we are Ambasthas; I didn't want to confuse people. These are not very well known facts.

Guptas, except in Bengal, are banias. All over the north, Andhra and Karnataka as well. Another name that is duplicated. In the north, I would have people come up to me and say very seriously, Mai bhi agarwal hoon! Aaaaaargh!

 

[Yaduveer]

No, I don't. Look at your list again, carefully. There are castes there that can never claim even remote Kshatriya status. Your using a British list thought up to justify disbanding the Bengal and Madras Armies after the mutiny as a support for your very strange theories on castes are amusing at best. They really don't need detailed discussion. Everyone knows what the Martial Races nonsense was about.

You are jumping the bridges...

You did not say anything about schedule castes ?
Are they listed due to caste hierarchy or educational/financial backwardness ? Yes or No

 

[Joe Shearer]

one question...

does caste changes after marriage?

Yes, and no.

Anuloma, it changes; pratiloma, it doesn't. I know, it sucks. The whole damn' thing sucks, big time.

 

[Yaduveer]

Shudras are those who are supposed to work in service industry according to old Varna system, for example I work in software dev of a US investment bank, so according to Varna system, since I work in service industry, I should be a Shudra. My fiance, being true to her Varna(a Mukherjee) is doing PHD, that makes her a Brahmin according to Varna system.

Joe is right, old Khastriyas have long been dead(except may be some Varmans here and there). Rajputs were later import, if I'm not wrong first mention of Rajputs in written history was only during 5th-6th century. Read more about Sanskrityan(Sanskritization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) process.

Jatts, Gurjars etc mostly farmers, land owners etc. Some of them although have traditionally worked as professional soldiers.

Lolz ..

According to your interpretation ..Defense is arena for Kshatriyas .. then what you doing here ??

 

[Joe Shearer]

You are jumping the bridges...

You did not say anything about schedule castes ?
Are they listed due to caste hierarchy or educational/financial backwardness ? Yes or No

I suggest you find out for yourself.

 

[Yaduveer]

I suggest you find out for yourself.

I suggest ... don't poke someone whom you can't handle!

 

[KingMamba]

I am Syed so I have no caste although people act like it is a caste.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Are there any Turkish origin Danishment people around.

Turkish Danishmand? Persian Danishmand I know; first time I've heard of Turkish Danishmand. Are there any Turkish Shias?

 

[KingMamba]

Turkish Danishmand? Persian Danishmand I know; first time I've heard of Turkish Danishmand. Are there any Turkish Shias?

Alevis I think although they may be Kurds, a Turk can clarify for us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alevi

* Nvm just read the wiki they are Turks, Turkestan, and Kurd who identify as Alevis.

 

[Joe Shearer]

I suggest ... don't poke someone whom you can't handle!

Excuse me?

What is that supposed to mean?

I am Syed so I have no caste although people act like it is a caste.

Quite right. Not a caste at all, just means of distinguished Arab descent. Actually, I am told that Arains too are Arabs.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Maybe i'm too ignorant to know details about my caste, but my Surname is Ghosh .

 

[Joe Shearer]

My question was mostly based on legal perspective of it rather than religious one.Coz i've seen girls availing reservations after intercaste marriages which they were not entitled to before marriage in india.

That's a fiddle. Nothing more.

 

[RazPaK]

Excuse me?

What is that supposed to mean?




Quite right. Not a caste at all, just means of distinguished Arab descent. Actually, I am told that Arains too are Arabs.

That claim cannot be proven.

However in traditional Pakistani books like Tehreek-e-Arain, that is what is written.

 

[Yaduveer]

Excuse me?

What is that supposed to mean?

It mean .. If ring is small ,don't try with large finger !...

It also mean that ... Are Schedule castes listed due to their educational/financial backwardness or due to their Caste hierarchy ?