living with a Granthi

asked 2016-07-06 05:04:29 -0500

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Hi Everyone

The reason I asked a question about hair extensions in a previous post is because my cousin who is fourteen years old (he is an exchange student from Canada) has been living with a Granthi, his wife and two sons in a small village in Tarn Taran District for the past three months and the Granthi has made my cousin wear a patka. It all started when the Granthi's sons demanded that my cousin be subjected to the same strict rules that are applied to them even though my cousin is a long term guest and not the Granthi's son. Nevertheless, the Granthi made my cousin get hair extensions during a trip into Amritsar and upon arrival back into the village, my cousin was made to wear a patka much to the Granthi's sons' delight.I asked many Sikhs if the Granthi was justified in doing this and there has been mixed answers.