Thursday, October 18, 2012

Why Marma Should not Use Alien Titles

I have heard many complaints and discussion on this matter from my Marma friends why Marma people use the Mughal titles like Chowdery, Talukder, Rwaja and so on. I understand of their opinions and feelings how they feel degraded seeing Marma people are still servants of Mughal administrations by using their given titles. Mughal empire as a huge empire has adopted administrative system dividing the power and states to different people. One of them is landowner administrative system where people are given titles to control land and charge taxes. Some those titles are really titles for landowners. So those title owners are nothing than farmers in these days.

It is sad to see many of educated people using the Mughal titles instead of their original title Marma who are blind by status in the names. Actually the real fact is there is no use of using those titles in the modern day. I personally don't care whether you are Chowdery or Talukder. If you really want good status in the society then you get to work something good for the society not by showing your title. A title can't give any reward unless you show your actions. So it is not actually the titles that bring honour and respect to from the society but it is your honorary actions. 

These are my reason why we should not use them.
1. Those titles are alien not of our ancestors.
2. Why should we use enemy titles after all we lost everything to them in their military invasion.
3. Those titles are no useful than creating discrimination in the society.