vikrampreet

thanks, I really appreciate that.

Okay, maybe I *am* too self-conscious if I'm worried about how my religion requires me to cover my head as I'm walking from the shower to the dorm room, but I am definitely too genuinely observant to just ditch the turban completely.

I'm not self conscious about wearing a turban. I would be self conscious without it. But then people would be staring at a guy with six foot long hair.

lol, thanks. My parents are just really strict about this. My father thinks taking off your turban is like taking off your pants. Nice to know not everyone is like that.

My upbringing is you don't remove your turban in public. Public to me means people in a dorm who aren't related to me. I just don't feel like I'm being observant. Am I over reacting?

Hello, I am an 18-year-old Sikh who has taken amrit. I am starting university next month at a secular school here in the US. I will be living in the dormitory, where I will have roommates and the communal bathroom and shower is down the hall from our bedroom. I am concerned about the propriety of removing my turban and caring for my kesh in this situation. My kesh is six feet long and it is quite time-consuming to remove my turban, unbraid, wash, comb, dry and braid the kesh, and replace the turban. If I wear my turban into the shower stall, remove it, bathe, care for my kesh and replace the turban before I exit, I will inconvenience my fellow-students by taking so much time in the shower. But that is the only private place I can envision where I will not expose my kesh to others. Does anyone have any advice? Thank you very much, Vik