Khap's khap

Punjabis use the work "khap" pretty frequently and I have grown up to learn that it means noise. It's use in sentences can be like

"khap paana" = make noise or just create a hassle.

"ki khap paa raha hai" = why are you making noise; what sort of crap are you now creating.

The Tribune, Chandigarh gives another meaning .. but if you look deeper, you will see that there is a sense of frustration being expressed !

sir khapana = tiresome exercise of the mind

In any case I will go by my own knowledge ! KHAP = din, noise, mess, hassle

Pronounced KH as in the 'kh' from the wrestler Khali AP as in 'up'

Well to come to the issue at hand, the Khap Panchayats have been creating a lot of khap over the past few months passing summary judgment on caste marriages and this has generally led to young boys and girls being killed to uphold the honor of their parents / family / village !

Does this sound medieval ? Yes ! I am shocked that we live in a modern society where we are seeing these extra constitutional bodies passing death sentences ! And it is being done in the name of "upholding Hindu values and traditions". They pass sentences on couples who have the same gotra. I don't even know my gotra !

The sad part is that we now have a "young turk" MP who is supporting the cause. Now this gent is supposed to be educated and the youth of the country has hopes and wold even look on him as a role model - and he is now playing caste politics.

Besides him there are many others -politicians, social workers et al who are calling for a change of the Hindu Marriage Act. They want it changed so that same gotra weddings are banned. They say this is against Hindu culture.

So is if okay under Hindu culture if you go around killing your sons and daughters.

In school we had this pledge which said "all Indians are my brothers and sisters" and then we grew up where everyone was an uncle, auntie, bhaiyya (brother) or didi (sister) ... you get the drift ?

It is sad to see these 'protectors of Hindu culture' working with negative forces. If only they used this same clout for the betterment of society we would be a much better country.

And shameful to see the educated "elite" and intelligentsia supporting feudal institutions in their pursuit for a pure race.