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The title of this article is Arain but the first word of the article says Arian (note spelling difference). Which is correct? — DanMS 03:57, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Are there any Arains (Arians) in India?

Or are they a purely Muslim/Pakistani caste.

Are Arian Maliar Caste

Hi

I have found in the literature that Arain are Mali/Maliar (Gardeners). There is the reference that Arain were involved in Market Gardening and not a landowning tribe with managerial responsibility for people who worked on the land that was owned by other castes/tribes. The quotation from Rudyard Kiplings book is as follows:-

Behind them an angry farmer brandished a bamboo pole. He was a market-gardener, Arain by caste, growing vegetables and flowers for Umballa city, and well Kim knew the breed.

'Such an one,' said the lama, disregarding the dogs, 'is impolite to strangers, intemperate of speech and uncharitable. Be warned by his demeanour, my disciple.'

'Ho, shameless beggars!' shouted the farmer. 'Begone! Get hence!'

'We go,' the lama returned, with quiet dignity. 'We go from these unblessed fields.'

'Ah,' said Kim, sucking in his breath. 'If the next crops fail, thou canst only blame thine own tongue.'

The man shuffled uneasily in his slippers. 'The land is full of beggars,' he began, half apologetically.

'And by what sign didst thou know that we would beg from thee, O Mali?' said Kim tartly, using the name that a market-gardener least likes. 'All we sought was to look at that river beyond the field there.'

Arains claiming Benazir Bhutto as an Arain family

There are alot of uneducated, ignorant Arains and those who deliberately mis-inform to raise their low status in Pakistani society from maliar/mali caste to a higer social status and who claim that the Bhutto family of Benazir Bhutto are Arain. In the words of Benazir Bhutto and in her book is the following passage:-

Benazir Bhutto makes in her book 'Daughter of the East', when she says, "In my veins runs the blood of a Wadhera".

Wadheras are a Rajput clan from Punjab and Sindh.

Biased, Unfactual Article

The writer of this total rubbish has of course not verified any of the information contained in the article. It is full of lies and written by someone with poor grammar who is spouting propaganda.

WHAT A LOAD of RUBBISH!!!!

WHERE ARE THE FACTS!!!

COMPARE ARAINS WITH PUSHTOONS

The article about pustoons is full of facts and figures and traces the history of pathans back to the ancient times. Whereas, this article about arains does not address even a single fact with respect to their history and ancestors.