Who is a Sikh?

” Eliminate your symbols, my dear Singh, and watch the Khalsa crumble. Take off the turban, shave the beard, cut the hairs, throw aside the Kara, I can tell you truthfully the result would be embarrassing as well as disastrous. These five symbols had held the Sikhs in united brotherhood. They serve to make a Sikh and act as a Sikh. They endow him with courage to accomplish feats, which otherwise would be impossible for an average man. To make a long story short, the Five symbols have a psychological bearing on the man who wears them. They are manifestation of Guru, the Eternal.”

–British scholar Jeans Culler

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