Marrying a Turban
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Posted on: September 19, 2009
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Marrying a Turban is a short photostory depicting the current mindset of a section of Sikh females who have developed an affinity towards “clean shaven Sikh men”. The idea behind this story has evolved from online discussions on various forums and it should not be stereotyped to the entire section of Sikh Females.
Honorable Mention for SikhNet "Hot Topic" award
| Directed by: | Jasdeep Singh (Age: 26 or older) |
| Location: | Chandigarh, Punjab – India |
| Length: | 6 min, 30 seconds |
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September 11th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!
Indeed a great topic and a great video. I really loved it. May Waheguru bless you and hope you are going to keep up with the good work
September 11th, 2009 at 5:13 am
SSK G,
Veerji, I really like your movie.., at some point it reaaly touches my heart.. i think in todays time we should do more these kinds of projects so that we can encourage more & more young generation to be part our culter i.e “TRUE SIKHISM”.And at last i want to congratulate you for this..
September 11th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Good Work Bro!
Peace,
Pabbi
September 11th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Waheguru ji ka khalsa , waheguru ji ki fateh ..
loved it ..great job Sir.
regards
Gurpreet
September 11th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Its a true story. Something has to be done. video is amazing, a real eye opener.
ssa
Deep
September 11th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Thats great video, at least encouraging.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa
Waheguru ji ki Fateh ji
Great video, I liked the Photo story way of telling your point, it has that different way of looking at things, secondly the script was quite well laid out, totally practical things put in, never looked you are trying to give discourses in the video, it had that dash of realism. I liked the turn when she says you go complete your MBA and we will think. Wise and truthful on part of the girl! And the music didn’t make us realize the absence of dialogue.
PS: The theme is of one of my fav songs, can you share it
September 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Nice story. But if so much importance is placed on the male Sikh saroop–what about female? She had cut hair it seemed.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Let me add- very artistic and creative! Keep up the good work. Gur Fateh!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Amazinggg! Love it!!! lol
September 11th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
oh my gosh, this was so touching <3 thank you!!
September 11th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Nicely done Jasdeeep!
Had flashbacks of your book as well as our continuous discussion on this topic.
If only such discussions turned out like this in reality. It is saddening that chicks whom are raised by Gursikh parents refuse to marry a Gursikh guys and also saddening that a guy would change himself for a chick who refuses to accept his turban, as i have heard it happen before.
Video is nicely put!
Good job!
September 11th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
Great Video Singh, really enjoyed it. Great question was posed that was very thought provoking…..what is our duty towards sikhism? We all have a responsibility and duty towards our faith. Every one of us.
September 11th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I realy appreciate the efforts done by you in spreading message to the community because nowadays our youth have forgotten the essence of Sikhism.We all want to live a comfortable and luxurious life and for that if we have to compromise with our sacred feeling , we dont bother thats why we loosing shine . Its time where youth are supposed to take initiatives especially girls. Good job done …
September 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Nice Work brother. We showed present here, I think if there should be another video that captures future result of it. That will have much deeper impact.
Gud Job
September 12th, 2009 at 1:01 am
A Creative and Impressive video! An eye opener for many …
Great work Veerji.
September 12th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Very true, but climax isn’t easy to achieve in a split second.
The only solution to this problem is for parents to instill Sikh values into children right from the beginning.
September 12th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Grear job done.
You have made a very contemporary film, touching the hearts & souls of sikhs/sikhnis alike. The way of putting(photographs, words & lovely background music) adds a feather in your turban my friend.
Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh….
September 12th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Good work Bro……….
Siir deke laeyan sardariyan ne …,
hope we understand the value of sikhi swarop
September 12th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Ssa ji, this vid is so real. I faced a similar situation in my life as wel. Even for some time i thought about manipulating my identity. That could have been a blunder.
The vid is grt, even with so less resources it had made a deep impact.
good work bro!
September 12th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Gud work bro..but honestly tell u this doesnt happen in real life…its good to c such things in movies ..real life impossible…belive me few things r need to be changed..its only tht people dont ready to do tht but how long one day has to b there….
September 13th, 2009 at 1:33 am
hope this will have a +ve impact on the minds of the sikh females talked abt in d clip…d need of d day is to look up what guru sahib say in gurbani, and den things will improve
Really liked the way the movie was presented…the photostory idea worked well..
Guru sahib meher karan…
September 13th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Nice work …. best part is the photostory. Its different , creative and affective at the same time.
Very well done,
Guru Fateh
September 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Well done Jasdeep. We need more dialogue on this subject
September 13th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Truely Amazing ….. RESPECT !!!! … Hope it does bring about the change in modern Sikh Girls……
Keep up the Good Work ….
September 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
In my opinion if practically we see that girls prefer clean shaven, may be the Kaliyug is now at its peak and for Kaliyug Pure is always challenge, so might be its Kaliyug who is forcing all pures ie, Khalsa to shed its real image and in this he is using girls this time to make his mission possible, but I am 100% belive that Vaaheguru will certainly do something and Kaliyug will be defeated very soon.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
nice work done
i think sikh girls think about marrying unturbaned sikh is because in movies they try to show sikh boy of fool character, (movie makers)this is there mission
September 13th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
nice video jasdeep………… i really like ur movie…… keep it up…..
September 13th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
gr8 job ……..most contemporary , most compelling, heart talk & hard talk. d photo story method helped u convey so much, in just a few minutes! attach it to an email and put it in chain mail..it ll reach millions i believe. women have the power to stem d rot. historcally also, sikh women have been torch bearers..now that role is immensely awated……congrats for a job well done.do attch ur video to an emal and start sending it around to chain mail groups, frnds etc etc
September 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I enjoyed your video!
Why not go Sikhi all the way though and proudly promote full flowing growth of facial hair on males and retaining all the precious hair of the women as well. (I noticed bangs).
All the best to you!
September 13th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
SSA Everyone,
Absolutely great work!! Really Appreciated your effort to a really important issue.
This is really happening and i heard so much about this issue.
With all due respect I want to convey a message to everyone, I know this is happening, but as a humble follower of Sikh religion we should not spread any material asking for any sort of sympathy for our religion and on top of it we turban wearing Sikh generation should understand that there is no doubt your appearance matter but there are thousand of other things which also matters in relationship, If you are really smart no girl gonna reject you. In my vicinity i know a lot of couples where a man is turban wearing Sikh and women is from a different culture, So I think we should not put our spirits down from the mere fact that we are turban wearing Sikhs.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:07 am
There is one inherent, BIG problem with this movie.
If the man is upset with the woman for not wanting to marry a turbaned Sikh, why did he ask the girl to marry him – she is not a turbaned Sikh!
OK, let’s say you believe Sikh woman do not have to tie turban – but she has trimmed her eyebrows too!
Do Sikh men have no responsibility to marry kesdhari women who do not trim their eyebrows or shave any hair?
“Husband Sardar athay Wife Maym, Singha shame. shame.”
September 14th, 2009 at 12:59 am
wahegruu ji ka khalsa wahegruu ji ki fateh ji ..
god video ,good topic…but the girl dont look like a pure singhni…seeing her kesh …thinks so she cut her kesh …
she must be tyar par tyar without keeping such hair styles
September 14th, 2009 at 4:16 am
wel done,
jasdeep bro.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:20 am
wah,
I am really concerned about likings of sardarani`s as most of matrimonials are filled for clean shaven sikhs. I really want to say that how one can be a sikh if he is clean shaven. I was really lucky to find partner whose prefernce was to only marriage sikh turbaned educated boy.
THE WORK DONE WAS EXCELLENT,
I REALLY PRAISE THE JASDEEEP SINGH FOR THIS WORK,
KEEP IT UP,
AJAYPAL SIGH
September 14th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Haha it seems like he said what he did just so she’d marry him. And I agree with some of the above comments: why should a non-amritdhari woman be compelled to marry a kesh dhari Sikh when amritdhari men are always marrying non-amritdhari women? I think that’s an issue that needs to be explored. Frankly, I think it’s a double standard.
September 14th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I agree with S. Kaur who asks “what about female?” Guru Gobind Singh ji did not distinguish between male and female in creating the Khalsa; that is, he didn’t say only men can be Khalsa, women can’t participate. Many western-born Sikh women and also lots of Punjabi-heritage Sikh women keep their hair, and do wear turbans. It would be nice if this were emphasized as well, not only in the video but on the forums you reference.
That said, it’s a good video, good effort!
September 14th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Great video. I agree that the Sikh identity is being lost. However, I know many Sikh women who are having trouble finding a turbaned Sikh man. As well, we need more female role models who do not cut any of their hairs to show our girls that they can do it, especially in the Western world. keep up the good work.
September 15th, 2009 at 7:45 am
In India these days a cultural genocide is going on in our houses . We are all very very lazy towards maintaining sancitity of uncut hair in the name of modernity . If somebody points out he is labelled as a conservative / KUTTAR . We are all hell bent on chaning the definition of a Sikh to MODERN SIKH , after all what is there in an appearance . Sikhi should be of heart & not body . A sweet refreshing awakener , more of the same required .
September 15th, 2009 at 11:33 am
this video clip is just another version of, how we still force girls to follow the effete, redundant,baseless am\nd groundless issues proclaiming them under the garb of psuedosikhi,if girls of today would like to marry a clean shaven boy, then so be it,nothing to do with real sikhi.it is another ruse of sterotying and male domination.
i do not undrstand and could not found anywhere in sikh authentic litereture that, what does it mean by visible and nonvisible sikh, from which annals this disease crept into modern day sikhi. please let enjoy girls their freedom like boys. nothing wrong with marrying a clean shaven boys evenfrom the hygeinic point of view.
sukh from brampton canada
September 15th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
simple funda is—— time is changing ..(i m nt using the word modern)so we need to change as well…i m surprised to see how u ppl define a sikh…a person who is having hair is sikh..no matter if he drinking ,no matter if he is having non veg,no matter if he is never visting Gurudwara,no matter if he is never helping any 1,no matter if he is killing ppl,no matter if he is abusing, teasing women , ….cumon sikh doesnt mean a person who has kept hair and tie turban…sikhism was created to save ppl, to fight eveil,to help….although i hv kept hair and tie turban…but i want ppl to realise few things as soon as possible before it becomes toooooo late,,
September 15th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Very impressive. It’s amazing how clearly the message got out even though there was no vocals. Excellent choice of music.
September 16th, 2009 at 8:07 am
@Sukh
I am really moved by the thought of sukh. Instead of appreciating the effort put by Jasdeep, he is conflicting with the message of video. The video shows the that some girls have developed liking, so no harm in discussing this issue at a bigger scale. And what has hygiene to with someone being sikh?
Anyways the video is nice. good job
September 16th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
To sukh
I dont know how much knowledge about sikhism you have by saying that you don’t find in authentic sikh literature about visible(which you mean turbaned) and non-visible sikh. I dont think that you have heard about the vaisakhi of 1699 and may be if you heard about that then you don’t think it as an authentic event.
Let me narrate what incident led to visible identity. In 1675 when ruler of the time aurangzeb was forcibly converting the hindus to his own religion. Hindus had 2 choices either to convert or die. a group of kashmiri pundits came to guru teg bahadur ji to protect them. As sikh believe in the concept of live and let live and as sikh believe in the concept of nobody should be forced to change the religion of his choice. As guruji believed in bhey kahu ko det nahi, nahi bhey manat aan(mean dont show fear to anybody and never be afraid of) and everybody should have the freedom to pick the religion of his choice. So guruji was martyred with three disciple bhai diala ji, bahi sati das and bhai mati das. One was burnt while wrapped in cotton, second was boiled in water and third was cut into 2 pieces. At that time aurangzeb challenged sikhs if they have guts then come and get the body of guruji. At that time many sikh started saying that they are not sikh( though the sheesh and deh of guruji was brought by a rangreta sikh and lakhi shah vanjara). When many sikh started saying that they are not sikh because of ruling power which was huge from kabul to delhi in comparisom to small princely states. This struck into heart of guru gobind singh ji that in the hour of need sikhs are saying that they are not sikhs. So he transformed the sikhs into khalsa and make it mandatory to keep unshorn hair.
September 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Contd……….
Now sikh philosophy believe in the concept of universal god and universal brotherhood. There is no place of caste, colour or race in sikhism and sikhism does not believe in gender bias as male and female are equal. There is no place of addiction. Sikhism is logical, reasoning based and scientific and there is no place of false rituals or beliefs. I dont know where from you felt it as forcing the girl it was a logical convincing and after that he was leaving when girl stopped her.I don’t know if you are a girl or boy, but for your kind information i must tell you here that sikhism was the first and till date only religion which believes in equality of females and males(for more than 500 years). Even your most modern( which you may believe in, though i believe that sikhism was, is and will be the most modern philosophy)westerm world gave voting right to females just 80-90 years back and that after too much struggle by the females.
My role model in the life is sikh philosophy, spirituality and history. Sikh leaders of now-a-days are not my role models and i will not go away from sikh religion by looking at their character and what they are doing in gurdwara. I always look at guru. Now i dont know who your role models are may be smoker, drug addict heroes of film industry who run car over the people while drunk and kill people or who are involved in blast case and still manage to come out of court or may be who kill the rare species of world heritage like chinkara deer.Or may be class a Pro……..
Now lets talk about the hygeine surrounding the hair.As per the concensus based on religion, sikh are considered as the healthiest community in india. If hair are unhygienic, then sikh should die at a younger age than their counterparts which is not. If we see the prevalence of communicable diseases in india, there is no comparison with punjab(except for trachoma(eye infection),all other communicable(infectious) diseases are far more in number in rest of india.
Now come to hair again.If hair are unhygienic, then do you shave your head too. If not then what’s the point in saying hair are unhygienic.So, if you are keeping the hair on head, you can keep on other parts of body too.For the hygiene, you need to take care of proper cleaning. There are lots of advantages of hair too. They help in maintaining body temperature in extreme of conditions.They help in keeping bacteria out of body. They shun the air(nose) when we inhale.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:00 am
good …its true now a days sikh girls dont like turbunned boys….good attempt
September 17th, 2009 at 8:25 am
dear sir shalinder,
sir i read your two missives above in response to my missive regarding marry a turban and i did not find a single sentence as to predicating a turban as the essential article of faith from sikhi philosophy.
and what ever you have written above has been a home spun stories heard by you and sikh ignorant masses only to fleece your skins in gurdwaras by the so called gyanies, kirtaniea and granthies.true sikhi has only been found in gurbani.
sukh brampton canada
September 17th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Sukh Sir
First of all you dropped 2 issues after my e-mail.That girl is forced to marry. Second issue you dropped is about hygeienic aspect of hair.It means you are convinced with those.
Now lets talk about the third issue of turban as an essential article.
First of all i dont think you are an educated sikh because you dont know how to write a good english as there are 2 spelling mistake in your email one is you have written missive instead of massive at 2 places which change the meaning of line and you have written at 2 places it proves that it is not a spelling mistake and you dont know how to spell it. Second is you have written predicting as predicating. You seems like an uneducated, ignorant person who is brought up with the thoughts in your mind that kirtanias and granthis are bad and there is no relevance of turban in sikhism by your close ones who may not be following sikhism and might be taking pride in egoistic caste system instead of loving, respecting values of sikhism which believe in equality. i dont say anybody good or bad until i find a reason to say so.By stating this you did not find a single sentence about turban in an authentic source shows that you have never read guru granth sahib and sikh history and if you read it you never understood it. You can obey the law of country where you live in, you can obey the social and cultural norm of the society you live in but when it comes to religion you people start raising questions.You can accept restrictions by law of country or social norms but cant accept religious restrictions. No freedom is complete without its rules because there are rules for freedom too like you can do this thing and you can’t do that thing. Contd………
September 17th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Now i am writing you the authentic source( Guru Granth Sahib ji and Sikh Hirtosy) stating clearly about the relevance of turban. Now after reading this don’t say that it is not authentic. If you write something logical and reasoning based in your e-mail i will answer you but if you keep on writing illogical without a sound knowledge of subject i will not answer your question. I am pissed off when people keep writing irrelevant stuff.
READ THIS FROM GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND SIKH HISTORY(7 REFERENCE ABOUT TURBAN IN GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI)
Bhagat Namdev (1270–1318 A.D.)had envisioned God with a turban onhis head. His hymn as recorded in Guru Granth Sahib reveals this fact:
Khoob Teri Pagri, Meethe Tere Bol,
Dwarka Nagri Kahe Ke Mughal,
Naam Ke Swami Meer Mukand ||
SGGS 727 –
[Handsome Thy turban. How can there be a Mughal in the city of Dwarka. Though art the Lord of name, the sovereign of all and the giver of salvation].
Guru Nanak, the world teacher, was in the image of God, Whose praises he sang through out his life. It is not possible to imagine Guru Nanak without the turban. Guru Nanak perfectly understood the psychology of slave people and condemned such people who in order to please foreign rulers abandon their language, dress and heritage; there cannot be any great ingratitude than to forget one’s heritage. Guru Nanak’s Bani depicts the position of such people :
Aad Purkh Kho Alahu Kahiye Shekha Aai Bari||
Dewal Devtian Kar Laga Aisi Kirat Chali||
Kuja Bang Nivaj Musla Nir Roop Banwari ||
Ghar Ghar Miya Sabhna Jiyan Boli AvarTumhari ||
SGGS-1191-
[The Primal Lord is called Allah. The turn of the Muslim divines has come. Tax is levied on the temples of gods. Such a practice has come into vogue. The ablution pots, calls to prayers and prayer-carpets are seen everywhere and the Lord appear in blue form. In every house all the persons call Mian, your language O’men has become different]. The turban is the most important piece of the Sikh’s heritage. Another reference in Sri Guru Granth Sahib testifies this fact:
Kaia Kirdar Aurat Jakina ||
Rang Tamashe Maan Hakina||
Napak Pak Kar hadoor hadisha ||
Sabat surat Distar Sira ||
SGGS 1084.
[Make good deeds thy body and faith thy bride. Revel thou in the true Lords’ love and entertainment. Make pure that is impure. Deem thou in the True Lords’ presence, thy counsel.Let the complete body be the turban on thy head].
That is why all the Sikh Gurus donned the turban in the most majestic manner. Looking at the turban of Guru Hargobind his Dhadi poets Nathmal and Abdula, sang,
Do Talwara Badian Ik Meeri Di ||
Ik Peeri Di, Ik Rakhi Kare Wajiri Di
…. Pag Teri, Ki Jahangir Di ||
Similarly, reference are found to the turban in the hymn of Baba Farid Shiekh (1173-1265 A.D.) :
Farida Main Bholawa Pag Da Mat Meli Ho Jay||
Gahle rooh Na Jani Sirr Vi Mitti Khaye|| – SGGS 1379.
[Farid, I am worried about my turban lest it should be soiled, however my thoughtless soul is unaware that dust will eat my head too]
Bhagat Kabir (1440 – 1518) also refers to the turban:
Je Sirr Rach Rach Bandat Paag,
SGGS 1376.
Showing the importance of the turban. Bhagat Ravi Das brings about the importance of the turban from another angle :
Banke Bal Paag Sirr tere –
SGGS 659.
The turban is the gift of Guru and also identity of the Sikhs, Bhai Gurdas whose writings are said to be the key to the Bani contained in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, refers what kind of tragic situation can be created by innocuous removal of turban. He writes:
Thande Khoo Nayke Pag Bisar Aya Sirr Nange||
Ghar Wich Ranna Kamlian Thosi Liti Dekh Khuthange||
Var32:19.
[A man after taking bath on a well came bareheaded to the house without turban, when ladies of the house saw him in that condition, they started weeping as some relative has died].
No doubt, all the Sikh Gurus donned the turban but Sri Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of the Sikhs, in 1699 AD at the time of creation of the Khalsa, made it an inseparable part of the Sikhs’personality, and ordained that the Sikhs should make their turban beautiful (Datar Sajoni). After bestowing amirt on the Panj Piare and partaking amrit from them, the final seal and stamp was put on the personality of the Khalsa, when Guru Gobind Singh said :
Khalsa mero roop hai khaas, Khalse meh hou karon niwas….
Khalsa mero Satgur pura, Khalsa mero sajan sura…..
Khalsa Akal Purakh ki fauj, Pragteo Khalsa Parmatm ki mauj.
Jab lag Khalsa rahe naira,Tab lag tej dion main saara.
Jab eh gahe bipran ki reet, Main na karon en ki parteet ||
(Sarb Loh)
(Khalsa is my real personification. I live in the Khalsa. Khalsa is my true Satguru. Khalsa is my bravefriend…… Khalsa is the army of the Almighty. Khalsa took birth as per the wishes of the Almighty. As long as Khalsa would remain distinctive (naira), till then, I shall give him all the glory. When the Khalsa would disown its principles, then I shall not bother for them).
Therefore, after such an assertion of Guru regarding the looks of Khalsa (the Sikhs): Can it be said that the turban is not an essential and inseparable part of a Sikhs’ personality, only because it is not one of the five (K’s) Kakars? Such an argument would obviously be illogical if not absurd, in the face of the fact that Guru wanted the Sikhs to be Nirala (distinctive) through their looks and conduct. The turban was one of the modes thought about by the Guru.The turban, therefore, remains one of the most distinctive and all encompassing article of Sikh faith. Perhaps, no person on earth can imagine Guru Gobind Singh without a turban and so his true Sikh, as Guru had given a new concept of (beloved follower) and it was rightly said :
Wah Wah Guru Gobind Singh Aape Gur Chela ||
[Guru is a great of the great as he himself is a guru and himself a chela (follower)].
The Guru gave this new concept for the advancement of human race by creating a casteless society of equals,where turban was a symbol of honour, equality, fraternity, dignity and freedom. Nothing like that had earlier happened anywhere in the world and unique history was created; which though is yet to become the basis of worldwide multicultural civilization,surpassing language and cultural limitations and recognizing all humanity as one —-
Manas Ki Jaat Sab Eko Pehchanbo
|| [Recognize all humanity as one] —
- as Guru Gobind Singh had
proclaimed.
(Sarb Loh)
When the other people simply used to tie the turban, the Sikhs were supposed to make it beautifully. It was laid down in the Code of Conduct (Rehatnama) as mentioned by the Bhai Nand Lal, a distinguished poet of Guru Gobind Singh that –
Kanga Dono Waqt Kar||
Pag Chun Kar Bandhi
and Nagan Hoye Bahar Phire ||
Nagan Sis Jo Khaye ||
Nagan Parshad Jo Batri ||
Tan Khayi Baddo Kahaye ||.
(Kulli and Goa by Bhai Nand Lal, page 180,)
[A Sikh should comb his hair twice in a day and should make his turban carefully and A Sikh who roams bareheaded and eats bareheaded, he deserved to be punished and declared a Tankhaia]. Similarly, are the injunctions in the Rehatnamas of Bhai Desa Singh, Bhai Chopa Singh, Bhai Daya Singh and Rehatnam published by the S.G.P.C. on the basis of those Code of Conduct (Rehatnamas). The Sikhs have been ordained not to remove their turban when going out of their house. The religious literature of the Sikhs is full of references to the turban, its importance for them and what use they should make of it in various situations of life. Such was the importance given to the turban by Sri Guru Gobind Singh that he used to hold competitions of tying beautiful and majestic turban at Paonta Sahib. Now a Gurdwara Dastar Asthan stands at that place.In view of such an important place of turban in Sikhism, it cannot be termed only as a cultural symbol of the Sikhs, because culture is always embedded in materialism, environmental factors and the power structure of society; when religion is deep rooted in the inner consciousness of the people, affecting their whole life.
Without any doubt, the turban and its symbolism is inseparably woven in the whole gamut of the Sikh’s way of life—-from birth to death—- determining their distinctive identity. Even for Michael Foucault, a renowned modern French philosopher and historian, “the true historical sense confirms our existence among countless lost events, without landmark or a point of reference.” This is what Sikhism had preached in a much broader historical sense The turban in the same sense confirms and openly demonstrates historical connectivity of the Sikhs and their identity. The Gurbani makes it clear when Guru Arjun Dev says that his double turban is a sign of victory.
Hau Gosain Da Pehalwanra, Main
Gur mil uch Dhumadla ||
Sab Hoi Shin Ikathian, Daju Betha Vekhe Aap Jiyo ||
SGGS 74.
[I am the petty wrestler of the World Lord. Having met the Guru, I have put on a tall plumbed turban.All the assemblage to witness wrestling is gathered and the merciful Master Himself is seated to behold it].
Without any doubt, the turban of the Sikhs is rooted in Guru Granth Sahib and its teachings. The Sikh against his will should not be separated from the turban in his life as that would be his spiritual death. Any force or law to do the same would be against the law of life and nature. And it would not be permissible at the present stage of civilization. The principle of freedom of conscience,which is protected in the Constitutions of the all ations, would be violated. Perhaps, that is why the most precious thing considered in life is Freedom, and not the Riches. So is the turban to the Sikhs
—- the symbol of honour and dignity
—— the lasting distinctive affiliation
with their Guru; where the personality of a Sikh is judged from his Guftar, Raftar, Te Dastar i.e. from his language, speed and turban. That is why the Guru at many places in Gurbani has indicated that Akal Purakh (Almighty) accepts His bhagats by bestowing honour of Saropa (short turban) upon them:
Pehar Sirrpao Sewak Jan Mele,
Nanak pargat pahare ||
SGGS page 631.
[The Lord dressed me with the rob of honour ,blended me his attending slave, with himself and Nanak became renowned in the world].
Therefore, such intimate is the relationship of Guru, the Sikh and the Turban, which does not deserve to be disturbed by the worldly powers. Hence, the Sikhs are supposed to live and die with their turbans. The Sikhs cannot have any other option but to defend their turban in the whole religio-historical context because it is universally known fact of history that the people who cannot defend old historical positions will never conquer new big ones. They would be written off history and thrown into its dustbin. However the present generation of the Sikhs have to prove that their history is otherwise
September 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
@Sukh Gill – One can’t be a true Sikh just by reading Gurbani everyday, but by following things stated in Granth Sahib. You see this is the beauty of Sikhism – Sikhs, Partial Sikhs and non-Sikhs are treated equally.
September 18th, 2009 at 12:45 am
A very good topic and very well presented….also, excellent photography.!!!!!
good job.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Chill guys. Its not a battleground. In case you want to argue then do on personal level.
No doubt the video is nice. bt its slightly exaggerated
September 18th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Dear shalinder sir ji
all the references you have provided in your long boring missive from gurbani and others apocrypal sources are in reality goes against turban, if you have a problem in comprehending them in their real meaning, please imho consult some gurbani annotators or exegesis thereof to find out how to intreprete gurbani in its real perspective to predicate your wrong belief.
sukh from brampton canada
September 19th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
i loved every part of the story, the concept was too good and the moods and emotions captured in the photographs were amazing. truyly hard work done.keep it up and keep going.
September 20th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Don’t you think that the only girls looking to marry clean-shaven boys are clean-shaven themselves? I have yet to hear of an Amritdhari woman seeking a non-Amritdhari mate…
September 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Really a good initiative taken.good work brother…….
i believe this will definitely going to influence the mindset of sikh gals who have affinity towards clean shaven boys.hats off for the effort put in…….
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I disagree on this subject. Turban men are dangerous people. These are the same guys who bombed Air India decades ago. Sikh is a religion yes; however, the ones wearing turbans are the extreme ones who are closer to terrorism than ever. I think turbans should return back to India.. leave the “good” clean shaven Sikh’s in the western community. We don’t need anymore terrorist-looking men in North America.. Also, Sikh women who wear scarves on their head… wtf is up with that? You’re the women that should be marrying the lonely desperate turbans in this world.. and this video proved how lonely turbans are and can’t get a suitable wife.. they have to beg!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:42 pm
how about col.prohit he bombed samjautaexpress he is a hindu terroist he is not wearing a turban how can you say turban pepole bombed how about sajan kumar and jagdish ti. they killed thousand of pepole
September 24th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Mr Sukh
Turban is integral part of sikh uniform and pride.
Some people (like u ) have not courage to face world in sikhi saroop, makes thier own rules.
Be strong and face the world.
No excuse in Sikhi.
thx
Onkar Singh Brampton Ontario
September 24th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
A very good job done by Jasdeep. I hope it helps in changing the mindset of our young girls. The Turban gives a unique identity to the Sikhs and it makes them look like Kings. Wahe guru ji ka Khalsa Wahe guru ji ki fate.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
i didnt really like this because it doesnt make sense to me.. if he had his kesh why would he marry someone who doesnt and i am pretty sure that moneh guys also expect the kurdi they marry to shave their legs or u know be moni isnt that wrong??? so its just not that moni kurdia should marry guys with pagh but mone guys shuldnt be picky about kurdia shaving or not shaving not jsut money but most sardars want their wifey to look like a model! u know.. wht i mean! so i didnt really liek this video!!
September 25th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
AND ASHISH SHARMA NEED TO SHUT HIS MOUTH AND WRITE SUCH BAKWAAS SOMEHWERE ELSE CALL ME INTOLERANT OR WHATEVER BUT I WOULD LIKE THIS COMMENT REMOVED OR HIS ASS WILL BE BOMBED FOR SURE.. CALL THIS A THREAT OR W/E BUT I AM PISSED!!
September 25th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I AM POSTING A VIDEO ASHISH SHARMA MUST WATCH!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r8rDeSf1jU
NOW AFTER YOU HAVE WATCHED IT GO BANG UR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL UNTIL YOU GET INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE BECAUSE TRUST ME THIS WORLD DOESNT NEED IGNORANT FOOLS LIEK YOU..!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW I CAN MAKE FUN OF WHT HINDUS LOOK LIKE HOW WHEN TEHY ARE WALKING IT LOOKS LIKE PANTS IS WALKING SEEN PLENTY OF THEM IN CAMPUS I CANT MAKE FUN OF UR GODS! BUT THATS NOT WHAT SIKH IS SUPPOSED TO DO I AM NOT A PERFECT SIKH TRYING TO BE SO I WILL KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT …
BUT MAKE SURE YOU WATCH WHT U SAY..BECAUSE IT CAN COST U UR LIFE BECAUSE IF U WERE SAYING THIS ON MY FACE THEN I AM SURE I WAS NOT GOING TO LET YOU BREATHE ANOTHER DAY..!!!
September 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Okay all I got from that was a blue turban guy reading from a book.. he could have been dictating a terrorist air bomb plot for all I know… Sikhs personalities are just foul.. more so with Jatts.. I can’t believe their culture, personality and family values… and they brought that here to the western world.. they should just go back to their pind where they belong. Bhawandeep, if you want me to say to your face.. hopefully you live in Vancouver so I can… we can have a deeper conversation if you want to exchange msn/facebook IDs.. that way I can see your face, put a turban on you via photoshop, print it out and use it to play with darts. Turban-heads are terrorists, they do carry out terrorist activities (read my first post about air canada bombing). I have Jatts… hate hate hate.. I’m just voicing my opinion here, nothing wrong with that????
September 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Awesome vid. The music was just perfect. Some spelling errors but they can be ignored.
I didn’t think it would be a good video because it had no dialogue but it just goes to show that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, and sardars by their turbans.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!
topic, story line, characters, theme……..everything was fantastic…..
September 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
very good topic…nice way of presentation
may sikh girls get some inspiration from this video..
September 28th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
“waheguru ji ka khalsa” – is that your turban terrorist sayings before you bomb planes? (like Air India?)… dumb unshaven hairy terrorist turban wearing people I tell ya….
September 28th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Ashish Sharma ji,
Air India bombimg was done by your Indian Govt. to defame the NRI Sikhs…Please read the book “The Soft Target- How Indian Intelegence Raw penetrated the canadian Intelegence” by Canadian english news paper Reporters of Globe and mail…….Regarding Kesh-uncut hair, Have you asked your hindu gurus like Bapu Asaram or yogyes, why he is keeping hair or Rama had gellet twin blades that time to shave their own hairs?????
September 29th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Nice one. good subject. keep it up
September 29th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
turban heads still smell though…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Ashish sharma ji,
First try to find out the meaning of the Word Hindu…..If u could find out , then u won’t be hindu any more and will be converted to Sikh…Because the Turkei Muslims gave you this name Hindu to you, Meaning of Hindu in Farasi language is Thief, Coward…..
Sharm se kaho tum Hindu Ho!!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
good attempt to bring forward the bitter truth that has overpowered the minds of sikh girls….
September 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
& Cheers to summit singh too for explaining what a hindu means….well done…sharma ji must be pleased to read that.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
good work veer ji………….god bless you
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
hi Jasdeep Singh,
very nice work, i also grewup in chandigarh, and i totally agreed with you on this point same things i also faced and saw around me. i even faced other things in colleges . our own punjabies are trying to push you towards cutting your kesh and beard.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:46 am
So true..
October 6th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Brilliant Video. Even without speaking, the video expressed the message clearly.
I got married recently and at some point of time even I was crazy about clean shaven guys. But with God’s grace I got married to a Gursikh and I thank Waheguru for that. I will be able to preserve my religion and pass it on it my children!
Waheguru ji da khalsa Waheguru Ji di Fateh!!
October 6th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Veer Ji,
Good efforts made. It is request to all the sikh parents that please don’t be modern and save the real wealth ! your chldren. If you have spared litle time to put the real sikh spirt in your children, none of the world’s move can change their sikhi saroop. Before making any will or thought against the Sardar saroop, Please close your eyes for a minute and think about the world’ s most beautiful,most amazing and most spirtual SARDARS Sehabzada Zorawar Singh ji and Sehabzada Fateh Singh Ji! Rab Rakha
October 6th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
good job paaji….
we really need this kind of awareness…
n kudos to u on making the photo-story so realistic…
this really inspires to make one myself…
maybe next year i will post one of my own…
congrats once again…
October 6th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Truly inspiring for today’s girls. great motivation for all
October 6th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
sorry jasdeep m adding this here…
usually i don’t like to get into these kinds of debates…
but this guy ashish sharma has infuriated me…
man first of get ur fact right…
i dont want to boast this but it was the sacrifice of our ninth guru.. guru teg bahudar ji who sacrificed his own life to save hinduism…
he’s still known as “hind ki chadar”
chk this out..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Tegh_Bahadur#Martyrdom
You believe in your religion, u have own beliefs n rituals… n i respect that..
but degrading any other religion is not unacceptable but also shameful n worthless…
May god put u in right light…
October 6th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
the story brings tears to my eyes, great job
October 7th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
This is for Ashish ji , He should be thankful of Sikhs that he is still sharma , if it wasn’t Sikhs he would have been khan, ali may some beg.He should be thankful to Sikhs that protected his ancestors from getting converted into Islam, because hindus couldn’t even stand for themselves.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
LETS NOT WASTE OUR TIME AND RESPOND TO ASHISH’S COMMENTS , THAT JUST GIVES MORE POWER TO HIM LETS STICK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND
October 9th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
itz really to the point… nd i would luv to appreciate all d crew for putting up the truth..
nd i knw we will rise…
gur fateh ..g
October 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Really touching story but don’t know why there are so many males responding to this video and few females.
This is indeed the time to wake up and act.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
October 11th, 2009 at 8:15 am
@Sukh @Ashish Sharma @shalinder ji
Shalinder ji!! Thanks for posting all your notes. I fully agree to what ever you say. Really greatful to you!! We need people like you on this earth.
People like Sukh are those ignorant, illiterate and illogical people who got settled in Canada and USA and forgot the real values of Sikhism.
Ashish Sharma does not seem to be a sikh. So, we can not explain this person the real values of sikhism in just a few notes / comments.
Guru sahib ji bakshanhaar ne…. Sukh te Ashish nu boodhi baksho, sikhi baksho, naam da daan… Amrit da daan baksho….
October 11th, 2009 at 9:06 am
@Ashish Sharma
Ashish, please do not link any terrorist activity to the people who wear turban. In Gujrat riots, it was people who wear janeyu (so called sharmas)killed so many innocent muslim people. So, terrorist activities can not be linked to any religion or any article of faith…
I am not saying anything against hinduism, Islam or any other religion. As a sikh, I believe in the concept of One Guru, live and let live and in the concept of nobody should be forced to change the religion of his choice. All religions teach the same concept. We should not clasify people on the basis of religion or an article of faith. People can only be classified as either GOOD or BAD.
We do not ask you not to wear janeyu and we expect you to have same respect towards other religions.
If anyone doesnot know or understand sikhism, he / she should restrict himself / herself from passing any kind of comments.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:23 am
You are right Parvinder veer, let me add something to your comment about Ashish.
Ashish its easy to make comment on others but its difficult to have an insight about oneself. Do you know about your religion? Do you even know the names of vedas? Are you an Arya Samaji, Jain, Bhudish, Brahmin, Vaishno or from Shakti, Shakta cult? Do you even know that these all religious sects have different principles and beliefs?
Or you are just angry because of your ignorance?
October 16th, 2009 at 8:05 am
a great work done by jasdeep ! those who are weak in personality often do what jasdeep didnt . we always appreciate ur efforts. go ahead..khalsa……..
October 17th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Really nice and simple, really hit home. I also agree with some of the other people on what about the girl? but i guess one step at a time. Nice touch with the realism at the end.
October 18th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!
I realy appreciate the efforts done by you in spreading message to the community because nowadays our youth have forgotten the essence of Sikhism.
We all want to live a comfortable and luxurious life and for that if we have to compromise with our sacred feeling , we dont bother thats why we loosing shine .
Its time where youth are supposed to take initiatives especially girls. Good job done …bahut hi wada uprala hai tuhada
October 18th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
it was a nice video.even i was among that girl but now i will again think about my decision.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Great video great topic and I really loved it. This was so touching as most of the time i come across this topic with my cousins. Some of them stopped wearing a turban and cut there hair because of girls.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Sach ji its a true documentary.
You are great bhaji sachai v dikha ti te pata v nahi lagya
October 26th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
gur fateh
dat was a amazing video..really a great message…keep up the good work.
but i have one question …it is good that the guy wears the turban and he seeks a girl born in sikh family but what about the girl…she didn;t really seem dat much into sikhi cuz it seems like she has her hair cut…wouldn’t the guy also want a girl that doesn;t cut her hair and is acutally in sikhi cuz i think dat might creat problems later on in life.
but again the video was really good…we definitly do need more movies like this …i really want to thank u for making it
gur fateh
October 30th, 2009 at 8:12 am
vahdiya khosisk ya…….
October 30th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Mr. Ashish Sharma
you are a fuckin bastard and if you think turbaned guys are terrorists then what the fuck are you doing on this website.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Ashish Sharma you are a fuckin bastard and if you think turbaned guys are terrorists then what the fuck are you doing on this website.