Monday, May 19, 2008

The Turban Turmoil

A few days back, an incident of flaring-up the turban of a shool going kid by one of his classmate, in a school in London, rocked the front pages of the newspapers. In another incident, the Akal Academy in Cheema forced, even the non-sikh students, to wear a turban. And recently some SAD workers removed the turban of an officer who refused to accept their nomination for the elections.
It seems that 'the turban’ is acting as a weapon, albeit being dangerous to the Sikh community itself in some instances. And for the rest, Sikhs themselves tend to misuse their “turban power”. Possibly, that is the sole reason, why a helmet could not be designed for the Turban bearers, and the turban is acting as the super-natural power, which, according to them, might protect the upper story of Sikhs in case of a mishap.
It’s the moment when some decisions are needed to be taken, to prevent the ‘Turban Turmoil’. And now, when it has become an international issue, the representatives from the Sikh communities all over the planet should come forward to start a new round of discussion and the ministry of external affairs of all the nations worldwide should take an active part in the discussions, and finally lay down some laws ensuring the prevention of any forthcoming “Turban Turmoil”…

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