12-14-2006, 08:54 PM
I dont understand how such nonsencial illogical stereotyping gets tolerated in this forum and nobody bothers to break such myths.
Myth 1: You got to know martial arts to be courageous
Myth 2: Brahmins, specifically Tam Brams dont know martial arts, therefore they are chicken hearted. Obviously you have done a empirical research on the same and also have found a measure of bravery. Believe me every army in the world would like to recruit you for you have got a secret of how to determine the braves. Very simple isn't it, just determine the race and get over with it. Our colonial masters gave you a convenient "martial race" theory to fiddle around with. And in todays times you think you are nationalist Hindus, but you are just saying in your lingo what they have instilled in our minds.
Myth 3: Also that Tam Brams as a community dont give their daughters to army or police chaps and the like. Again maybe you have observed every Tam Bram family. I'm your much despised Tam Bram myself. One of my cousin's husband was an Army officer who was kidnapped by terrorists in J&K in lieu of getting some other terrorists in Indian prisons freed. The govt of course didnt relent and the terrorists killed him in captivity. And just if you want to imagine that my cousin's husband was from some martial race, you can imagine whatever to your liking but no sir he was one of your ridiculed Tam Bram. My grandfather ran away from home when he was not even eighteen to join the defence. Since he was not a major and his father wont allow him to go, he got guardian's signature from one of his school teachers. He joined the lowest ranks and retired after full service as a Squadron leader. Maybe in your books Brahmins, let alone Tam Brams are not all that adventorous. Fit in your convenient profiles sir, to your hearts content. Another of my cousin was an officer through the SSC, joined the infantry bcos he wanted to be in the frontline, served at the fronts. And just to put your imagination to full stop he is well married to another member of the same community. Of course I am not even close to any of these. At max I can just get outraged at your foolish statements and twiddle furiously at my keyboard, but dont castigate my community for what I am, for do I castigate yours for any quisling it may produce. I of course did not venture to do any empirical research on such a worthless topic and I dont claim to prove anything based on what I know of my family, only that it conclusively disproves yours. Maybe that chap who in some other thread said that I should change my style of posting and argumentation and post some links supporting my theories should likewise try to advise others the same.
I dont care if Brahmins are martial or not, learn self defence or not, they just got to be courageous and stand up for their principles. And that applies not just to Brahmins but to all communities.
And all this Brahmin yukti, Kshatriya shakti etc is stuff for kids and school textbooks. But even schoolbooks will let you know that Chandrashekhar Azad and Ram Prasad Bismil used both yukti and shakti. And so did Bhagat Singh. And so did Ashfaqullah. Was that anything got to do with whether they were a Brahmin or Kshatriya , Hindu or Sikh or Muslim. And did they all have 10th degree black belts under their belt before they did what they did.
Stereotyping is a simple brain trying to make sense of complex realities producing faulty judgements.
Myth 1: You got to know martial arts to be courageous
Myth 2: Brahmins, specifically Tam Brams dont know martial arts, therefore they are chicken hearted. Obviously you have done a empirical research on the same and also have found a measure of bravery. Believe me every army in the world would like to recruit you for you have got a secret of how to determine the braves. Very simple isn't it, just determine the race and get over with it. Our colonial masters gave you a convenient "martial race" theory to fiddle around with. And in todays times you think you are nationalist Hindus, but you are just saying in your lingo what they have instilled in our minds.
Myth 3: Also that Tam Brams as a community dont give their daughters to army or police chaps and the like. Again maybe you have observed every Tam Bram family. I'm your much despised Tam Bram myself. One of my cousin's husband was an Army officer who was kidnapped by terrorists in J&K in lieu of getting some other terrorists in Indian prisons freed. The govt of course didnt relent and the terrorists killed him in captivity. And just if you want to imagine that my cousin's husband was from some martial race, you can imagine whatever to your liking but no sir he was one of your ridiculed Tam Bram. My grandfather ran away from home when he was not even eighteen to join the defence. Since he was not a major and his father wont allow him to go, he got guardian's signature from one of his school teachers. He joined the lowest ranks and retired after full service as a Squadron leader. Maybe in your books Brahmins, let alone Tam Brams are not all that adventorous. Fit in your convenient profiles sir, to your hearts content. Another of my cousin was an officer through the SSC, joined the infantry bcos he wanted to be in the frontline, served at the fronts. And just to put your imagination to full stop he is well married to another member of the same community. Of course I am not even close to any of these. At max I can just get outraged at your foolish statements and twiddle furiously at my keyboard, but dont castigate my community for what I am, for do I castigate yours for any quisling it may produce. I of course did not venture to do any empirical research on such a worthless topic and I dont claim to prove anything based on what I know of my family, only that it conclusively disproves yours. Maybe that chap who in some other thread said that I should change my style of posting and argumentation and post some links supporting my theories should likewise try to advise others the same.
I dont care if Brahmins are martial or not, learn self defence or not, they just got to be courageous and stand up for their principles. And that applies not just to Brahmins but to all communities.
And all this Brahmin yukti, Kshatriya shakti etc is stuff for kids and school textbooks. But even schoolbooks will let you know that Chandrashekhar Azad and Ram Prasad Bismil used both yukti and shakti. And so did Bhagat Singh. And so did Ashfaqullah. Was that anything got to do with whether they were a Brahmin or Kshatriya , Hindu or Sikh or Muslim. And did they all have 10th degree black belts under their belt before they did what they did.
Stereotyping is a simple brain trying to make sense of complex realities producing faulty judgements.