History of Origin of Some Clans in India/Jat From Jutland/Jat ways in India
History of Origin of Some Clans in India
(with special Reference to Jats)
By Mangal Sen Jindal (1992)
Publisher - Sarup & Sons, 4378/4B, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, ISBN 81-85431-08-6
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Chapter 1: Jat From Jutland
Jat ways in India
Life of a Jat in India:
Leaving some Jats who are in service or in active politics or are in noble professions like medical, legal or engineering etc., most of the Jats are engaged in cultivation. They are born in villages and after primary education, acquaint them- selves with agriculture and by the age of sixteen, they completely take over to this vocation with their parents. After obtaining maturity, young Jat develops fancy to possess better breed and healthy animals. Till fifty years back, he used to ride on a good horse whom he loved most and took pride in horse riding. By the change of animal era to machinery period, Jats too have changed over to tractors and tillers in place of bullocks and Jeep instead of horse. However a Jat in a village or on his farm cannot do without one or two buffaloes because without milk, curd, Ghee (butter) and Chaach (cream separated curd), his daily diet remains incomplete. Only five decades before, if a stranger requested a Jat for a glass of water to quench his thirst, he was supplied with a glass of Lassi (diluted curd mixed with sugar). He did not mind if some one extracted one or two sugar-canes from his field to feed oneself for taste. It was customary for a Jat to offer a quarter kilo Cud (indigenous substitute for sugar) to one who happened to be sitting in the Kolowh at the time of its preparation.
A young Jat of India, energetic as he is, labours hard or rather very hard in his vocation at the time of Work and recreates fully at leisure. He enjoys sound sleep after hard work. At the age of forty or forty-five bis sons replace him in hard duty, He then enjoys cool breeze under a tree in his
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A Jat woman's beauty of character is that she always works shoulder to shoulder with her husband. Lighter duties of maintaining the animals are left to them while heavy work is done by the males. She has to prepare fresh break-fast and takes it to the field for husband. Again she prepares lunch and once more reaches the field to serve it to the males working at the field. On coming back home she is busy with her Charkha (a country made wooden machine to spin yarn out of cotton). Thus in the morning, she milks the buffaloes and gives fodder to them and other an i mals, afterwards she eh urns the curd, prepares breakfast and on return from the field. she prepares lunch and after its delivery, she works for the clothing need of the family. Many of the ladies come to a common place with their Charkha and without wasting time, make chit chats and enjoy the society. Their Charkha in the past had played important role in Indian economy and Mahatma Gandhi emphasised its importance and used it as a tool to gain independence. In the evening, she prepares dinner and after feeding every member of the family. She also takes her food after which she prepares long glasses of milk for all males and females. Even after so much of labour, she does not feel dizzy and does not lack to please her husband. All the day round busying keeps her active and healthy to keep doctors away. She seldom needs a nursing home for delivery. Her only demand is heavy silver and if possible some gold ornaments.