Reasons include simple convenience--avoiding the daily combing and tying--as well as social pressures from the mainstream culture to look like everyone else, one of the main reasons given in western countries by Sikh youth is widespread discrimination in employment and academia.
Reasons include simple convenience--avoiding the daily combing and tying--as well as social pressures from the mainstream culture to look like everyone else, one of the main reasons is widespread discrimination in employment and academia. These main reasons are given in western countries by Sikh youth.