[Assam] visiting Vancouver: World' best city to live in; Sikh girl in turban is common

Wed Aug 30 12:32:20 PDT 2006

http://www.sikhnet.com/s/WhyTurbans#Some%20Wear%20Turbans
FAQ: Why do Sikh women wear turban in the West and not
in India?

or  Why do Western Sikh women wear turbans, when most
Indian women do not?

Most Indian women do not wear turbans due to a
longstanding cultural habit, which began by
identifying Sikhi with male warriors and turbans with
battle helmets. Though many Sikh women fought for
survival of the faith, the habit of wearing turbans
did not take root until the 1970s, when Siri Singh
Sahib Yogi Bhajan encouraged (Western) female Khalsa
to wear turbans.

Very slowly, the habit of wearing turbans is taking
root among Sikh women of Asian ancestry in the West
and in India. Some Indian women wear their hair coiled
on their heads and covered with a patka and chuni, but
they are a minority. Most Indian women are unaware of
the technology of wearing the hair coiled on the head,
and of wrapping a turban, so this is another reason
why they dont wear turbans. You will find, however,
that devoted Sikh women of Indian ancestry often have
their heads covered anyway, but not with a turban.
Sometimes its just a scarf, more often its a chuni.
http://www.sikhnet.com/s/WhyTurbans#Some%20Wear%20Turbans

--- Rajib Das <rajibdas at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Sikh girl with a turban & an American family in
> Vancouver?
> 
> I wish you well. As we can see, you are moving
> mountains. 
> 
> --- mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Thanks Umesh for the vivid description of Vancouver.
> 
> Wish you a pleasent stay. I am sure you will be
> helpful to your hosts and they will like you for
> that.
> 
> Please develope a Canada Diary and meticulously fill
> details with pictures, leaflets, newspaper cuttings 
> -
> every day of your stay there. When you feel bored
> you
> can visit the many Public libraries.
> 
> And never suffer from self-pity.Actually be thankful
> that you are doing very well - and preparing to make
> the world happier.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> mm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> From:  umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To:  umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu
> To:  assam at assamnet.org
> Subject:  [Assam] visiting Vancouver: World' best
> city
> to live in
> Date:  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:12:04 +0100 (BST)
> >Hi,
> >
> >Today morning I was sitiing in Washington DC's
> Dulles
> >airport -since 11pm the night before and caught the
> >early morning flight at 8am to Vancouver , Canada
> >-diaginally across the North American continent
> -just
> >below Alaska. We reached here in 4 hours - one hour
> >before we were due. At the customs -they had lots
> of
> >questions for me -- since I am visiting here -an
> >Indian, young, single ,male (so might be a
> terrorist
> >as well!) -and demanded to see my return flight to
> DC
> >ticket -which I did not have but did show my letter
> >from US consuate foe  my coming visa interview (for
> >H-1B work visa) for Sep14th. It was tough but one
> of
> >the immigration offiials was a Sikh girl wearing a
> >truban so it did not seem so bad. I changed three
> >buses to get to my Harvard classmate's house. ALL
> >thebus drivers were Indians -with Indian accent.
> The
> >city is laidback but chilly weather -about 15
> degree
> >celcius (64F) . Now I am getting toknow how to live
> >with am American family - I will be staying with
> them
> >for a month and go back to DC to work after I am
> >allowed to.
> >
> >Vancouver, does not have much snow due to some warm
> >water sea current which goes all the way to Alaska.
> It
> >is a very green and lush place. For years it has
> been
> >voted the world's best city to live in - by United
> >Nation's survey. Looks a bit like Mumbai downtown -
> >like Nariman Point area etc but less rush and more
> >chilly and green.
> >
> >Any comments?
> >Umesh
> >
> >Umesh Sharma
> >5121 Lackawanna ST
> >College Park, MD 20740 USA
> >
> >Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place ,
> Vancouver,
> Canada
> >
> >  1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]
> >Canada # (607) 221-9433
> >
> >Ed.M. - International Education Policy
> >Harvard Graduate School of Education,
> >Harvard University,
> >Class of 2005
> >
> >weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
> >
> >
> >
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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, MD 20740 USA

Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada

 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]
Canada # (607) 221-9433

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/

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