" Terrorist aa Gaye " I was just a child
I don't know how this will be perceived, but I need to let this out. It's my first time talking about this publicly.
I'm from Haryana and I belong to the Jat community. My father is a government teacher. He's genuinely one of the nicest people I know—he has sponsored the education of students, helped people whenever they needed him, and is the kind of person everyone in our small town knew and respected.
I was never taught to hate anyone because of caste. Honestly, as a child, I barely even understood what caste was.
Then the 2014 Jat reservation agitation happened.
[My family had absolutely no role in the violence, and we are against violence of any kind.]
I remember going to a park as a little kid (just 8 )when an older boy—someone whose mother was my father's colleague—shouted, "TERRORIST AA GAYE "
I froze.
I was a child. I heard the word terrorist and genuinely got scared. I ran home crying because I didn't understand why someone was calling me that. People stopped interacting with us. Shopkeepers denied us groceries . We stopped stepping out of our house .We received anti-Jat posts on WhatsApp. Time flew ,later, in coaching, someone shouted in front of the entire class, "ye toh jaat hain , ye toh criminal hain". I just laughed bcs i have become tired defending myself ...
I've been called dumb, criminal, and worse simply because I'm a Jat. We have been denied house on rent just because we are jats .
And recently I joined Reddit, where I've seen people talk about ending caste discrimination—and then go into the comments and casually abuse Jats as a whole .Stop this hypocrisy . You can disagree with the Jat reservation movement. You can condemn violence. You can criticize political decisions. I have no problem .
Sometimes it feels like when Jats win medals, serve in the armed forces, or contribute positively to the country, we're simply "Indians." But when a tiny fraction of people do something wrong, suddenly we're all "Jats" and the stereotype gets applied to everyone.
And this isn't just something I've seen online. I've heard people make assumptions about me before even knowing me.
Caste discrimination is wrong—even when the target is a community you don't personally like. stop this shi!ttt
I don't want sympathy. I just wanted to say this somewhere because I've carried it for years, and I think I'm finally ready to let it go. TOOK HELP OF CHAT GPT TO PROPERLY WENT OUT MY EMOTIONS