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My neighbour's daughter studying 6th class asked the following question to her father:
"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Esai
Aapas me hai bhai-bhai"
Why it is "bhai-bhai" only
Why not "behn-behn"?
Can any one have the answer ?

The writer would have considered the rhyming words to meet the expectations of the country....
this is my assumption only.......

in my opinion hindu,muslim,sikh,isae shows masculanity not famininty....as exp.. India words shows masculanity but Bharat words shows femininty ...so we always saying Bharat mata not Bharat pita ji.........
tell her masculine and feminine nouns is here thts y we are saying bhai-2 not behn -2, ...

Hi parasuram
Because its always men who quarrell and fight. Ladies dont often quarell n fight like men. that's y :P. I hope your doubt is cleared..:)

Thank you all for sharing your view.
In case, it is used to desist one from fighting within the brothers,
then also I am not in a position to satisfy the student with this answer.
Because, we are generally using similar words in other fields also like
a) to refer our HR site members collectively as HR brethern,
b) atma-atma bhai-bhai,
c) some times females also use the words "are bhai", "nahi bhai" while taking with females. In telugu also "na valla kadu babu" "beyond my capacity" etc.
So, I think fighting term is not appropriate here.
Regards,

Hi
I think becoz India is a male dominated society it uses Bhai-Bhai instead of bhen- bhen. becoz usually in foriengn countries they use brothers and sisters for evrything...
That's wat i think
Rgds
Anu

Hi Anu,
Though I dont want to argue in this matter, still I think, Indian culture has given more importance to females.
Vande Mataram, Mother country, Mother land, Mother toungue etc. represents Female dominated.
Sita-Ram, Radhe-Shyam, Uma-Shankar, Gouri-Shankar, Lakshmi-Narayana etc. etc. represents Female first and then male.
All the encient three major powers i.e. Finance, Knowledge and Armaments were given to goddess Sri Lakshmi, Sri Saraswati and Sru Durga respectively i.e. all are females.
Where as:
Foreigners say "Father Country"
English word "History" (His+story)
So in my opinion Indian culture can not be blamed for calling as bhai-bhai

Well all my dear friends i think if we think as a mature people then we will focus on the objective instead of dragging the topic on gender like this :)...the objective is that we r here to help each other and help in each others growth..
And i guess whether its male of female we should have this attitude..
So lets stick to the objective and its clear..its about rhyming words nothing more for me.. :)

I welcome to your advice Vijeta,
Simultaneously I think, one's mistake / false impression can be rectified only through sharing of views.
We don't know under what circumstances one expresses his/her views. If supressed, s/he may may be further disappointed.
Any how thank you for your allert advice.

Final answer for why

"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Esai
Aapas me hai bhai-bhai"

And why not "behn-behn"?


Though I am not aware, whether “community” is consider as male or female, as per Hindi Grammar (as posted by Abhishek), but in spiritual terms, the community and its members, irrespective of gender (soul the children of God) were considered as male.

In India as well as in most other countries, property is inherited from father to son. Son is made responsible to see that his parents, wife and children live in a healthy, wealthy and peaceful environment. He knows that God is the ultimate owner of all these possessions. With the anticipation of these properties as inheritance from God, he venerates Him as God Father / Supreme Parents.

As a physical (body) form, we have individual parents, but as souls we are the children of God. Though soul can be termed as either gender, but keeping the unlimited property as inheritance from God Father in mind, soul is termed as male and accordingly we are all brothers.

Hence it is “Bhai-Bhai”