CBC*: How a Manitoba motorcycle club is changing perceptions of the Sikh faith
*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/riding-with-pride
This photo essay has a lot of photos and a lot of text. For me it's a pleasant
distraction from all the doom, gloom and violence I find on my international news
sites even on a Sunday. Who knew? Now I do!
"Rajwinder Singh Sandhu stands in front of a mirror and suits up for an afternoon motorcycle ride through the country roads south of Winnipeg. He winds a fuchsia-coloured turban around his head and slips on a black leather vest adorned with a large blue and yellow patch on the back that identifies him as a member of the Sikh Motorcycle Club of Manitoba.
The club's insignia includes a khanda, a symbol of the Sikh faith and a sign that what unifies him and his fellow motorcycling enthusiasts is more than a love of the open road.
For more than two decades, Sikh riders in Canada have fought for the right to be exempted from the helmet requirement that motorcyclists are obliged to follow so they could wear a turban. In Manitoba, they won that right in 2000, shortly after the first exemption came into effect in B.C. in 1999.
"Whenever we ride wearing turbans, it already gives out a positive message in society, that we are very proud Canadians and part of this society, we are in a free country," said Singh Sandhu, the club's spokesperson."
There's a lot more text and photos at the link above.
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