kirpan
- n a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times
- It seemed only logical to cease wearing kachh (pants cut off at the knee), kara (iron bangles on the wrist) and a kirpan (a small dagger).
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- Sikh Couple Forced to Leave Movie Theater in Calif for Wearing Kirpan
Washington: A Sikh couple was forced to leave a movie theater in California because of wearing kirpan, a move which prompted them to seek an apology from the company - AMC Theaters - which runs the cinema complex.
July 5, 2013 - INDOlink
Quotes
- Louise Charron in BBC News
Religious tolerance is a very important value of Canadian society,Justice Louise Charron wrote in the judgement. "If some students consider it unfair that Gurbaj Singh may wear his kirpan to school, it is incumbent on the schools to... - Julius Grey in Canada.com
I think that what we're witnessing - it's my opinion, and the court will decide - is a deep bias against the kirpan, which has never died in Quebec,said lawyer Julius Grey, who also represented a Sikh youth in a 2001 case that eventually... - Rajiv Gandhi in Calcutta Telegraph
Between 1985 and 1989, he toppled so many state governments as the Union home minister that Rajiv told him in jest, "Buta Singhji, ab aap kirpan andar rakhiye (Buta Singhji, now please sheath your kirpan)".