Central Khalsa Orphanage and its rules

[Guest whiplash90]

Hello Guys

I found out that the Central Khalsa Orphanage based in Amritsar requires that its non-Sikh boys who are admitted be required to grow their hair and wear patkas until the age of 12 and turbans until they turn 18 in which they can cut their hair again.

What do you think of this?

[jkvlondon]

6 hours ago, Guest whiplash90 said:

Hello Guys

I found out that the Central Khalsa Orphanage based in Amritsar requires that its non-Sikh boys who are admitted be required to grow their hair and wear patkas until the age of 12 and turbans until they turn 18 in which they can cut their hair again.

What do you think of this?

They are going according to Guru ji's hukham that parents/guardians should not cut the hair of a child , which is fair enough it is not preventing the development of the child and helps them feel part of the family too. You can imagine your typical punjabi mat people being prejudice aganist a  child just because of first impressions .

[LightofNaam]

13 hours ago, Guest whiplash90 said:

Hello Guys

I found out that the Central Khalsa Orphanage based in Amritsar requires that its non-Sikh boys who are admitted be required to grow their hair and wear patkas until the age of 12 and turbans until they turn 18 in which they can cut their hair again.

What do you think of this?

The kids should be free to make their own choices

[jkvlondon]

24 minutes ago, LightofNaam said:

The kids should be free to make their own choices

so you proposing barber should called on monthly basis and paid for by gursikhs to go against the hukham of Guru ji? They will be sinning two times against children and against Guru ji's hukham. Baru Sahib also have strict rules on not cutting hair and wearing dastars/chunnis so are they also wrong?

[Guest whiplash90]

Yeah but that no hair-cutting rule at the Baru Sahib only applies to Sikh students at that school not the Non-Sikh students who do have to cover their head but are allowed to cut their hair

[jkvlondon]

50 minutes ago, Guest whiplash90 said:

Yeah but that no hair-cutting rule at the Baru Sahib only applies to Sikh students at that school not the Non-Sikh students who do have to cover their head but are allowed to cut their hair

what about all those poor moneh wannabes? who will speak for them ....

[Guest whiplash90]

A orphanage like the Central Khalsa Orphanage and a private school such as the Akal Academy Baru Sahib and two totally different things. At the Baru Sahib a Moneh wannabes of Sikh background do have a choice to cut their hair but it will result in expulsion and the expelled student and his or her parents would have to select the millions of other schools around the world in which to attend, whereas the Central Khalsa Orphanage takes in destitute boys of both Sikh and non-Sikh background and any Moneh wannabes among their numbers can choose to cut their hair but it would mean being thrown onto the streets.

[jkvlondon]

13 hours ago, Guest whiplash90 said:

A orphanage like the Central Khalsa Orphanage and a private school such as the Akal Academy Baru Sahib and two totally different things. At the Baru Sahib a Moneh wannabes of Sikh background do have a choice to cut their hair but it will result in expulsion and the expelled student and his or her parents would have to select the millions of other schools around the world in which to attend, whereas the Central Khalsa Orphanage takes in destitute boys of both Sikh and non-Sikh background and any Moneh wannabes among their numbers can choose to cut their hair but it would mean being thrown onto the streets.

bro you are taking one aspect and blowing it out of proportion , they are required to kesh and heads covered in the uniform provided this is to treat all equally and not undermining the sikhi of their other wards , I am sure that the other faiths are not restricted in their prayers or faiths apart from that . Considering that they have a secure loving atmosphere to grow up and to  have a future in, that is priceless blessing  in such a backwards and ruthless society who have ultimately consigned them to the bins

[S1ngh]

On 12/21/2017 at 1:20 PM, LightofNaam said:

The kids should be free to make their own choices

My thinking is that you are not a parent yet. Parents or in this case, caretakers responsibility is to guide a child on how to make a right decision. No sikh will ever suggest the idea nor support the idea of hair cut as that is not allow d in our Dharam to modify the creation of waheguru ji.

[Akalifauj]

On 21/12/2017 at 1:20 PM, LightofNaam said:

The kids should be free to make their own choices

Kids need guidance.  The orphanage is guiding them in the right direction by telling them to keep their hair uncut.