Ahhhhhhhh aise kiaa often i thought keh yeah name is lyee hai bc u live in Dubai but i now understand keh is name mein Memon touch bhee hai last year my friend from Punjab (who is born and bred in Holland and have been to Pakistan only two times in his life) married a nice Memon Pakistani girl.
Actually mujhe thora awkward laghta hai to say Memon Raja Chaudhry ...etc. because most people ghallat samajhtay hai aur differentiate karne laghte hain.
For me my roots are important just for the sake of my roots and because they make me what i am. My problem is with those people who are discriminating because of a Zaat Paak or Cast.
My friend whom i mentioned before us ka rishta nahin huwa because he was asked about his "ZAAT" (horrible word) unfortunatly he was of the zaat which is considered low in Pakistan (astaghfirullah, if there is a such thing as low) but thank God the family of his wife with whom he is happily married now was more interested in his character then his ZAAT.
I personally believe that the problems that Pakistan is facing in the society will only dissepear when we will not judge someone after their ZAAT / PAAK (thats how they call it i think). Unless that is still part of the society Pakistan will never progress.
Definitely my nickname has been inspired by my memon side. You are right. Tell you something funny? I am half memon you can say but my last name is choudhry LOL. I have two last names, Yaqub and Choudhry. In my memon khandan and official documents I am Yaqub and everywhere else I am choudhry LOL.
I agree with you, this cast system should not be there. It is a very backward system and view of thinking over things.