Yay! Today is WORLD TURBAN DAY!

world-turban-day.jpg …and obviously, that is why the bunker’s Malayalee Christian mutineer should post about it. 😉

Between Chachaji’s reminder and Ismat’s tip to our news tab (which lead me to this adoooorable picture on the left which I stole from Nirali’s The Daily), I was reminded to show some love to the most visible desis of all– the few, the proud, the hot, the turbaned. 😀

The point is, with two Sardars in the bunker constantly bickering over who called which color (Ennis is really protective of his pink!) and bragging about whose dari smells best (we lost our impartial judge), it is incomprehensible to me that today should pass without commemoration from the mutineers. What could be more punk, more mutinous than a turban!

Now, yenjoy these three fast facts about today, as distilled from this BBC article:

1) The point of World Turban Day is to foster awareness.

2) “Traditional, hand-tied turbans” > “casual under-turbans and half-turbans”, i.e. don’t half-kundi it. Tie on a proper one, aight?

3) WTD is celebrated today because it’s the eve of Baisakhi.

Any questions? Kindly post them here, because Amardeep is better at turban-ing than I shall ever be. 😉

7 thoughts on “Yay! Today is WORLD TURBAN DAY!

  1. I don’t know if we have any of those in the bunker…oh, wait…what am I saying– Razib is always on the couch. Yup, Happy Razib day then. 😀

  2. i think it’s awesome and very meaningful. what better way to cure xenophobia and stupid beliefs on friday the 13th!

  3. This one (awwwwww) from the same photostream – gets my vote for the two most perfectly tied full turbans anywhere! Thank you, Gurumustuk Singh!