not allowed to play tabla
Sat sri Akal. The granthi at my gurudwara doesn't allow me to play the tabla on stage just because I am not amrit dhari. He says I can play it on the floor. Well..yesterday I was abt to play it on the floor and he again refused....this time the reason being that I am wearing a capri (3/4 pants or pedal pushers). Well...it is summer here and temperatures sometimes reach 40°. It is quite difficult to be in jeans or other trousers at this time of the year. And I believe with the capri I was decently dressed. And ofcourse on sundays (during the weekly dewaan) I put on trousers. The capri was just on a weekday...when it was too hot outside and there was very small number of sangat at the gurudwara. I am quite disappointed. He prefers the evening deewan to be without any rhythm or taal mel...but will just look at me sitting there and will not allow me the tabla sewa. I will not bother reporting the matter to the gurudwara committee as I believe they will even tually favor him because he is amrit dhari and I am clean shaven. It is all politics. Are the granthi sevadaar's actions justified in any way. Is there any rule in sikhi that says if i am not amrit dhari, i can NOT play tabla on stage? Or that u can not go to the gurudwara in 3/4 pants.? Please....advice me on how to handle...and which relevant authority I can report these issues to. Sat sri akaal.
