On June 12th, during a peaceful and democratic protest in front of the residence of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, at Kalighat, Kolkata, I, along with several senior state leaders ...

A US Court sentenced Indian American Bhushan Athale to 26 months for hate comments and threats against a Sikh woman.

Sehajdhari Sikhs—who practice Sikhism but may or may not use any of the five Ks of the Sikhs: kesh (unshorn hair and beard), kanga, (comb for the kesh), kara (an iron bracelet), kachhera (an ...

Today the 5Ks are still symbols of Sikh identity: Kesh (uncut hair), Kanga (a wooden comb), Kara (steel bracelet), Kirpan (sword) and Kachera (cotton underwear).

It will be the 358th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru. ... The Khalsa introduced the Five Ks—Kesh (uncut hair), Kara (bracelet), Kanga (comb), Kachera ...

Sikhism rejects superstitions, rituals, and empty religious practices. ... The Five K’s are: Kesh (uncut hair to respect God’s creation), Kanga (a wooden comb to represent cleanliness and order), Kara ...

Many members of the Sikh faith keep their hair unshorn and do not shave. This practice, called kesh, is one of five visible articles of faith observed by initiated Sikhs.

In Sikhism, shaving or cutting hair is prohibited as a mark of respect for God’s gift of Kesh (hair). As Kaler is a practicing Sikh, he had reportedly never shaved or cut his beard in his life ...

In Sikhism, shaving or cutting hair is prohibited as a mark of respect for God’s gift of Kesh (hair). The practice of maintaining hair and using a comb, or kangha, is central to religious ...

Growing up, I consistently saw the Sikhs around me upholding our faith, including through the turbans my father and brothers wore, or the long hair, called kesh, of the men and women in my ...

These articles of faith — which also include the kesh (unshorn hair), kanga (small comb), kara (steel bracelet) and kachera (soldier-shorts) — distinguish someone who has formally committed to ...