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Scene from Inside Man (2006). (Source: YouTube)

Your weekend Waris, Part IV

September 13, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This week, a movie scene featuring Waris Ahluwalia from the film Inside Man (2006) is used to open a news story on radio station WNYC, New York’s National Public Radio affiliate. The narrator, Arun Venugopal, highlights aspects about Sikh American history and experience, touching on the history of 1984, race relations between African Americans and Sikhs since 9/11, and of dastar bandi, the Sikh turban-tying ceremony: …we examine the age-old persecution of Sikhs, from India to post-9/11 America. Why do […]

Categories: 1984, Civil Rights • Tags: Arun Venugopal, dastaar bandhi, dastar bandi, Inside Man, Naunihal Singh, New York, Saihajdeep Singh, Waris Ahluwalia, WNYC

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Johnston, Iowa, Dastar Bandi ceremony. (Source: Des Moines Register)

The tradition of dastar bandi in Iowa

July 1, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Des Moines Register in Iowa features a dastar bandi ceremony (tying of the first turban) at a Gurdwara in the town of Johnston: About 100 people sat cross-legged on the floor watching Sunday’s ceremony. Midday light poured in the picture windows, lighting up the all-white interior of the temple. Members sang to the tune of a harmonium, an instrument similar to an accordion played on the ground. The five boys prepared to live out their commitments. Dastar bandi ceremonies […]

Categories: Sikhism • Tags: dastaar bandhi, dastar bandi, Des Moines Register, Iowa, Johnston, Turban

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On Dastaar Bandhi

December 23, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Recent articles by the respected I.J. Singh on sikhchic.com discussed dastaar bandhi (“turban tying”) – the ceremony Sikh boys go through when they wear their first full turban.  As he describes, in many ways dastaar bandhi is a “coming of age” ceremony.  I.J. Singh’s first essay recounts a ceremony that he witnessed and discusses the significance of the Sikh turban: One way then is to look at the turban is as a crown on a Sikh’s head. History teaches us that Sikhs would rather lose a head […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: dastaar bandhi, dastar bandi, I.J. Singh, pagri, patka, Turban

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