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Young Sikh basketball player gets turbaned look
WSN Network

LOS ANGELES: Young Sikh basketball player Veeraj Singh invited his entire basketball team to witness his Dastar Bandi ceremony recently. The 14-year-old who regularly plays inter-city and inter-state tournaments, and was recently accepted in the Sunny Hills High School International Baccalaureate Program, presently attends Parks Junior High School, in Fullerton California. Veeraj also volunteers for America India Foundation Junior Club, which raises money for the less fortunate kids in India.

Like most Sikh children, Veeraj was wearing a small patka till now but will graduate to a turbaned look, no doubt making his parents, Los Angeles’ prominent couple, Navneet Singh Chugh and Ritu Kaur Chugh, proud.

Veeraj’s uncle Dr. Rajwant Singh and Auntie Dr. Balwinder Kaur specially flew with their family from Washington, D.C. and performed the Keertan. The boy's paternal grandfather Mohinder Singh, editor, India Journal, stressed the importance of Bani and Bana, teachings of the Sikh Gurus and the Sikh identity, in the Sikh way of life.

13 May 2009
 

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