Medallion Stallion

Fateh everyone...

I started wearing a dastaar about a year ago. My work sometimes involves me travelling and working in different places in the UK.

How do you guys deal with people looking at you...I mean to say, when you get people staring at you and your dastaar/kesh? It amuses me, when I see one guy whisper to his partner to look over at me and they both look...but it's kinda offputting too and does get to me.

How do you deal with it?

usually where ever i go i am the only visible sikh but i remember one thing is that where ever i am my guru will always be my side so really your not alone!

whereabouts in london veerji?

south east london, upton park, forest gate.

I think "londonsingh" is from Pittsburg :D

im from london in the United kingdom.

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do gursikh women prefer their husbands (or boyfriends) to gel their beards or not......i just need female opinion as i have decided to stop trimming and keep a full beard i.e. ive thrown out the razor and my beard trimmer.

has anyone ever wondered what life would be like if sikhs were in the majority, would we still be discriminated against by others and would sikh women prefer turbanned singhs......what do monay sikhs think of turbanned singhs do you you even have respect for turbanned sikhs?

well i been really exercising hard everyday for the past year and ive lost 7 stone from being 18 stone....and now that im more physically fit i wanted to know which is the best martial art to take up.....i wear a turban and dont really know hot to tie a patka as ive never worn one just the turban...so could someone tell me or give me advise as to how to tie a patka neatly.cheers!

well recently ive decided to stop trimming my beard and to let it grow, now ive decided to become a vegetarian aswell but im not not sure what it takes in order to be a vegetarian; i mean i used to think that you just stop eating meat but my brother said you have to stop eating cheese aswell because it comes from a animal but wouldnt that mean i would have to stop drinking milk aswell........man! im so confused....i know why sikhs arent supposed to eat eggs.....could someone offer me some advise.

also i have another problem....well its this....most sikhs in this forum might have parent who are fully religious and go to the gurdwara etc but my parents arent like this.....well my mum is always shouting, screaming and sometimes violent but im not sure what to do......my dad is clean shaven and drinks and smokes all the time i think the only time he's sober is in the morning so i cant really relate with him but the could thing is both my parents have always encouraged me to keep my hair and wear a turban which is rare i think.....but they have never been there for me but only for material things not emotionally......could someone give me advise as to how to help my parents as i dont have anyone to turn to......im only 21 and somehow ive managed to pass my exams and starting the final year on my law degree so its a very important year and im stressed........i know im young and i never thought that i would never go through this crap in my life.....since the attacks in london i havent been attacked by racists but now that ive decided to grow by beard i just see myself being attacked and facing more prejudice than i already do.....also im starting to feel very bitter towards my parents and sikh women because ive never had a good role model of what a good sikh women is but only my abusive and violent mum..........i know sikh women arent like this but ive never known any better..........so could anyone reading this give this advise as i dont want to become a bitter person and because of my parents im already a selfish and stubborn person because ive learnt to rely only on myself.