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The kacheras had stains on them (and are also not sewed to size, which I don't know how to do), the kirpan looks very used (it has rust stains), and the gutka is romanized Punjabi and Gurmukhi - for some reason I didn't realize that "romanized" doesn't mean English.
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My 5Ks (well, 4Ks since my hair is one of them), nitnem gutka (the book of the five morning prayers) and khanda (the Sikh emblem with a pin to attach to the front of the turban) arrived in the mail today.Īlthough I'm happy to have my first full set, the quality of the products aren't great. That should keep you busy for a while, haha. A very good film that shows the difficulty of following a Middle Eastern religion in post-9/11 America. He spends his days organizing prison programs as well as leading discussions and presentations with various at-risk groups. episode I watched entitled New Muslim Cool about a Puerto Rican young man growing up in the inner-city and converting to Islam. Check it out when you get the chance - The Music Instinct: Science and SongĪnother P.O.V. It basically confirmed my belief in the power of mantra, chanting and sound as connections to the Divine. It discussed possible evolutionary adaptations to sound and music, the science of sound and how it affects us on a psychological and quantum level and a lot of other topics. (Point of View) on my local PBS station that was about why humans love music so much. If anyone has any advice, please send it my way.
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I may have to talk to someone in management. So it'll take some time to get clearance to wear it on the bus and at the bus station. A Sikh is to wear the kirpan visible at all times. And, of course like I've said before, I can't conceal it.
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It'll also be a problem wearing the kirpan on the bus, as neither the buses nor the bus station allows any kind of weapon to be carried while riding or waiting for buses. That'll be four Ks I'm currently wearing - I still need to get clearance from my supervisor at work to wear the kirpan there. In other news, I got a couple more pairs of kacheras in the mail, one of which looks like it will fit just fine. People have generally treated me very well. But I try to get a pleasant face on so not to seem threatening or standoff-ish. I get lots of weird, puzzled looks when people see me with a turban, probably the only turban they've ever seen on campus, maybe even in CoMo. So it was kinda cool to be recognized and know there are some people out there who are genuinely interested in our way of life and not just going about hating on us, haha. It was a great discussion that went on even after we both got off the bus at the same stop. Today, during my bus ride home after work, a young Native American woman and I discussed religion and spirituality as well as life as a racial minority in CoMo. He seemed pretty interested and it was nice to talk about it with a stranger. Of course I told him that's something I considered when deciding to wear a turban. He then began talking about how he had heard about all the hate crimes during the post 9/11 days. He asked about some of the basics of the faith and I gladly shared with him. He began talking about how he had met some Sikhs in Vancouver, Canada so he knew how we looked. I said yes but I'm very new and still learning. I was "tabling" for this event (as is my current job with the office until the program ends) one day last week when a guy at a table right across from me came up and asked if I were a Sikh. This table is set up with a bunch of other tables from various offices on campus during what we call "Summer Welcome", a two-day program for incoming freshmen to get acquainted with the campus and various organizations. At the office I work for, I help staff a table which holds lots of information about our office (The Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Center). The first instance was a gentleman at work. It felt good to not only be recognized by someone (as is the point of the turban) as a practicing Sikh, but also to see that there are people here in CoMo (Columbia, MO) who know what a Sikh is and looks like. During the past week, a couple of strangers stopped me to ask if I was a Sikh.