31 Jan
Surprising stuff:
Woman charged with trying to rip turban off Sikh man’s head
A woman was arrested early this morning and charged with trying to rip the turban off a Sikh man’s head in a Washington Street bar, police said.
“I went to the bar to place an order, and I realized that someone was trying to get my turban off my head,” said 38-year-old Hansdip Singh Bindra, of Union City, who was at Madison Bar and Grill with a colleague just after midnight. “You’re out for an evening with colleagues and this is the last thing you’d expect.”
Also see: Turban Makes News in Hoboken, and a press release by the Sikh Coalition.
Having grown up in New Jersey I’ve never experienced anything like this, but I’m glad Hansdip called the police, who were quick to respond and did take appropriate action.
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you know… i am so proud of our sikh orgz for sticking up for the turban in all spheres of life… but i watched the news show of this dude’s story on youtube, and he was about to go get a drink of alcohol when this all happened to him…
i don’t wish harm on anyone who drinks and wears a turban… but i wish we could be more clear as a sikh body that the sikh community is standing up for the sikh way of life (of which the turban is an integral part), but the sikh community is not just standing up for the turban as a cultural practice.
this obviously is a nuanced discussion that would be better suited to an internal sikh community dialogue, rather than a public discourse with outside society, but i really think this is the panthic conversations we should be having on the issue of the right to the turban, kara, kirpan etc.
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