Jas had never drank alcohol,
smoked cigarettes, did any sort of drugs or illegal
substances. Well ok maybe just some those which his
doctor prescribed for him when he had a cold or flu!
In his life he had always kept himself pure. He
never felt the need to have such stupid things.
People always say we need to smoke or need alcohol
to make us feel on a buzz so they were able to
socialise better.
Jas always saw it differently.
He always said he could get on the same buzz with
coke, he would always mock others by saying it’s
cheaper too! What more do you want a cheap night out
and you come home without anticipating a hangover
the following morning. He kept himself pure to the
extent of not even having a girlfriend his friends
would always say Jas “Why don’t you have a
girlfriend?” He would usually reply “I’m still
looking for the right one.” Little did they really
know the real reason.
It’s a very great thing
especially in the Indian society today with regards
to boys. The world was boy crazy at one point.
Families have the biased opinion that girls are not
able to uphold the family name because they marry
into a new family. When you actually sit and think
about how silly it all really is, everything else
just falls into perspective. Caste is one of the
biggest issues in the Indian society, people being
stereotyped by old traditions and distinguished by
their ancestral heritage.
He was always told that he was
“Kashyap Rajput” also known as “Chieer” a caste
which according to the old times was people who
dealt with water.
Jas would sit there on days and
make jokes like “Who wants water? Let me get it
after all it’s my trade and job!” Everybody would
laugh at this. He had always been taught many
religious values in his life being brought up in a
mix of Hindu and Sikh cultural traditions but he
always believed God was one for all.
He had met many people from many
walks of life from Muslims to Buddhists to other
fellow Sikhs. Never once did he consider himself or
his religion higher but it was God’s way of
preaching to us in different forms. Many people
dictate Sikhism like they know it very well, which
some of them do. But to put others down because you
are more knowledgeable doesn’t make you a better
person in God’s eyes but one who sits in their own
arrogance. “Ik Onkar” in Punjabi is one of the most
recited words from the Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the
most holy of books for Sikh believers. It’s meaning
is “ONE GOD” or interpreted as “God is ONE.”
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