After reading thread of Harleen kaur I want ask can fashion and sikhism go hand by hand.On one hand we ask youngsters not to cut their hair On the other hand we show them people which associated with fashion industry.Now we all know that to follow latest fashion or to be part of that industry you have to cut your hair.So It is clear we are creating confusion in the mind of youngsters what to do?
Here are options
1)Stop promoting uncut hairs
2)Stop promoting fashion industry
Because these two are contradictory
Kanwardeep Singh ji,
Guru Fateh.
I have been in the Fashion industry since the age of 16 when I moved to London and all my family in the UK, USA and Canada are in the same Fashion Industry. Fashion industry gives jobs to millions of people in India and helps in billions of dollars in exports.
I take issue with number 2 of yours and also take it with a grain of salt because it shows very parochial thinking on your part. I will tell you why.
Both of my kids and all my nephews and nieces are keshadhari Sikhs and some of them are also Amritdharis. My Son Trimaan has been the only visible Sikh in Henderson, NV since 1998 when we moved here. He is in high school and wears a dastaar quite proudly, shall I say. We do not even find keshadhari kids in our 2 Gurdwaras here.
All the boys have their beards open. One of my nephews worked for GAP corporate for 2 years in San Francisco with his beard wide open and always carried his kirpan with him. He got promoted 4 times during this period. He was making 75k a year.
He resigned from Gap and joined his dad because he wanted go to Japan for Gap but they told him there were people who had worked their many years longer than him who would get the preference. He was also told that he was the only one who had gotten promoted so fast in the company.
So, I would like to say that, you should stop blaming the fast changes happening in India and abroad but teach your kids,nieces and nephews how to adapt to them but you have to adapt before you can guide them.
Both my kids are very fashion conscious because of my own back ground but they know what to wear to look elegant.
Lastly, I would like to say that, you must have seen the picture of my nieces' reception and Anand karaj. The picture of the Anand Karaj of Haroop and Simar shows that his beard is open and his and his dad's clothing company have $30 million in annual sales. And both are Amritdhari. Haroop works for Accenture as a Project Managerand travels around the USA, lives in the hotels during the week and come back home on the weekends.
The beauty of Sikhi is to adapt to the environment rather than creating a talibanic purdha in our minds.
That is what the word Sikh means.
Regards
Tejwant Singh