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Uncut hair: that Sikhs exist today, is its relevance today

May 24, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

  Dya Singh is a Sikh musician from Australia who is well-known for his powerful and uplifting style of devotional and world music.  As a Sikh who had taken the initiation ceremony (the taking of Amrit), he never cut his hair.  However, in an essay he wrote (which was recently reprinted on sikhchic), he describes his reaction to having had his leg shaved for surgery.  He included the following quote from a piece by I.J. Singh: India has produced many new religions like Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. […]

Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: articles of faith, Dya Singh, I.J. Singh, Sikhism, uncut hair

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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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