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Hi Guys I am a New Zealander who have been living in Delhi for the past 8 years since I married A Punjabi Sikh woman whom I met at the University of Auckland. Her family is composed of my wife our son, her brother, his wife and two sons, and parents and all of us live in the same house. Until 6 years ago, none were very religious and all of them cut their hair and none of them wore turbans. The first transformation came when my Mother-in-law started wearing the 5 k's and doing daily nitnam, She eventually convinced my father-in-law to get baptised and now he wears a turban. .Then shortly after my brother-in-law and his wife and two sons got baptised with all four of them wearing Sikh Saroop.Sensing a shift in the household my wife suggested that I would refrain from cutting my hair and some drinking alcohol so I don't offend the current religous atmosphere in the house. Last year my wife got baptised and our 4 year old son now wears a patka. Instead of resisting I decided to join the entire family for daily Nitnam everyday, Since I stop cutting my hair two years ago and have shoulder length hair long enough to form a bun I desided to take the plunge and wear a dastar for the first time in my life last month. After one month of wearing the dastar everday I got baptised at the Gurdwara SIS Ganj Sahib two days ago.