Browsing Tag: Kara

Sikh TSA agent wins suit over keeping his kara

A Sikh security officer at New York’s largest airport won a $30,000 settlement against the Department of Homeland Security, which had forbidden him from displaying his kara — a wristband that Sikhs wear to remind them of the divine.
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Hear the Sound of the Guru ~ Form

Though coming back has offered challenge and inspiration both. the most obvious cause is my adoption of dastaar. very morning before i wear it, i feel stirrings of terror. but once it’s on, absolute certainty. this is right. and i am me now. fully.
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My Special K

The zero, a halo and a prayer wheel - all circles - boast no unbroken lines, no beginning, no end, and the solar system offers a veritable festival of circles within circles, a plethora of round objects orbiting each other in a well-choreographed space ballet.
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The kara and me

The element on my mind the most right now is - "outsidership." An uncertainty about how to enter in. I just recently began wearing the kara, and even that makes me feel so vulnerable...
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School that discriminated against Sikh school girl now faces a £200,000 legal bill

It is also believed Sarika herself may have a cheque from the education bosses, who have been ordered to pay the student banned from wearing the Sikh Kara damages believed to be at least five figures.
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Kara case cost school £76,000

An MP has strongly criticised school governors after it emerged that their decision to ban a Sikh pupil from wearing a religious bracelet will cost the school more than £76,000.
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Sarika wins bangle law battle

Sarika Singh and her high Court victory
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The Wedding Gifts.

When the Guru touched my hair and blessed me, how could I bear my hair being shorn? I nestle the fragrance of His touch in my tresses.
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Sikh bangle means as much to Monty Panesar as it does to teenager, court told

The bangle is a symbol of her Sikh faith and not a piece of jewellery, said Sarika's lawyers.
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Sikh girl takes her fight to wear religious bracelet at school to the High Court.

A Sikh schoolgirl who was excluded from classes when she refused to remove a bracelet worn as a symbol of her faith will take her fight to the High Court today.
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