Added Media: The surname system comes to Canada with Indian immigrants, and the "low surname" feels more discriminated against

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) website has recently published an article on the system concepts of the surnames in the Indian people in Canada.

Guburete Singh Tap Source: Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

It is reported that Gurpreet Singh, a student of Human Resources Management of Ontario Duoren University in Ontario, arrived in Ontario, Canada from India last fall. He found that some Indian immigrants in Canada have something to do. It did not stay in the motherland -the prejudice in their hearts. Singh said he was regarded as abandoned in the ancient social system of the surname system, and in Canada, he faced discrimination from Indian compatriots as "low surnames" than in India. It is also serious.

It is reported that India is one of the main sources of Canadian immigrants.

According to the report, the Hindu surname system divides people into four groups based on descent -Brahman, Shadili, Parcis, and Shouhara — a person's surname can usually be identified through their surnames. The four main surnames are divided into 3,000 species and 25,000 sub -surnames.

Singh belongs to the Dalites, the so -called pariah. According to the surname system, this surname is excluded and does not belong to the social order.

Picture source: Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Chinnaiah Jangam is an associate professor at the Department of History at the University of Calton. He pointed out that the concept of the surname system will hurt immigrants for a long time. He said: "Students or employees from these backgrounds will feel that it is not convenient to show their identity, and they will feel uncomfortable."

Meera Estrada is the co -host of Kultur'D, a global news radio of Toronto. She was born in Canada, but she said that she had known that she was Dalit since she was a child. She often hides her identity because other Indian backgrounds look down on her group.

According to media reports, India passed a law in 1955 to abolish the "pariah system", which was used to describe the practice of rejecting some surnames. But Estrada believes that the social stigma of the Dalites still exists, which becomes more obvious when she is in her 20s.

She said, "The aunts who tried to play the matchmaker in the temple always said, 'Oh, this is a good boy from a good family.' I suggest that he comes from higher surnames, I just think that if this is equivalent to good, then that is good, then that is good, then that is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good, then then it is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good, then that, then it is good. How about me? I'm not good? "

The report, for example, said that the Samaster Brahman Association of Canada is a private wedding social media group with 4,100 members. The group said that "the goal is to unite all Brahmins under the eaves, and they can serve in all other Brahmin organizations."

The group administrator Jagruti Bhatt said in an interview with Gujerat that the group only accepted the members of Brahmin's surname, although she later added that all the surnames could participate in the group organization's organization. Activity.

Bart said, "We only allow Brahmin to enter this group. Different organizations exist to mark different communities. Similarly, our organization only targets a specific surname." Accidents.

Esterada believes that the existence of this network group is "very disgusting", "for example, if it is limited to white people there. I can hardly see what is different from this (with racism)."

Bimrao Ramgi Aberndica (Indian media information map)

It is reported that Indian jurist, the chairman of the Indian Constitution Drafting Commission, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, in 1916, saying that the surname system may become a global issue. He opposed the concept of the "Bachemid" and burned an ancient Hindu classic "Mo Nu Law Theory" to protest.

At the same time, Anbeidkar wrote in his papers "Indian Surname", "If Hindus moves to other parts of the earth, the Indian surname system will become a worldwide issue."

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