How Long Hair Changed My Life | Mannat Malhi | TEDxOxford
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2017
- So how did long hair change my life? Well it prompted me to think about why we spend so much time thinking about our identities. We all want to be seen as a complex and nuanced individual and yet this is denied to some in our communities who express their religious beliefs in an obvious manner. As a Sikh woman with long hair, this talk addresses how I came to accept my own identity and my pursuit for others to embrace me too. Ultimately, equality is about perceiving all humans as individuals whose goals, ambitions and personalities are intricate and irreducible.
Mannat is a second year law student at Wadham College, Oxford University. She incorporates the quote "to define is to limit" in all aspects of her life whether it be from her quirky shoe collection to her passion for women's rights and racial equality.
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Great speech delivered with flair and poise. Well done!!
She is such an eloquent speaker. I enjoyed listening to this.
Very confident GIRL....thats how SIKH girls supposed to be Courageous, Rebellious and confident
Hi Mannat,
It is nice to connect with you again, even if only virtually through CZcams. That was a very eloquent and honest talk, that had a solid message worth sharing.
I confess that I had not heard or read such a helpful explanation of the tenets of Sikhism before. Thank you.
It was touching for that you were able to positively reference Chapel services, but I do need to point out that Uniting is the denomination ; - ) do sorry for not making that clearer at school.
Thank you for your courage and wisdom. I am proud to have had some small part in your education.
Blessings,
Jon (Rev H)
Beautiful! So inspiring👏🏼
This is the best definition of equality I have ever heard.
so incredible
long hair do care 😊
Strong girl. Proud of her steadfastness.
Fantastic....Made a convincing point without getting preachy or pompous...
WoooW what is beautiful words I enjoyed👍😍🔥🔥
Really liked this speach. Thank you M.
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non the way. . it is vbb
I love long soft hair. :)
nice to see a Sikh girl that mannat malhi
Marvellous speech!!! All of us are different!!! Let's respect and celebrate our wonderful differences!!! Let's love our own uniqueness and other people's original qualities!!! Our world is full of fascinating various human races that are precious in any sense. Let's admire them! ...I stopped colouring my long hair after 31 years! I stopped being ashamed to have some grey hair ( many women try to cover it as if aging was something shameful!!!)...Let's love who we really are!!! ..Miss Mannat Malhi, You're brave, wise and gorgeous!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES!!!
She said she's Australian but her name reveals her as Indian. But her accentuated is Australian anyway.
Great speech
Awesome
brilliant
Love love love this. Just did some research into siksism. I am Wiccan and love researching other religions and belief systems.
Everything in the body is their for a reason... Only Hinduism and religions in India know the value.
Im an apostolic christian and i dont cut my hair either
Those shoes are very nice.
Love her accent..
It's not her accent. Lol
I’m going to strive to be like this woman I’m going to try to give up alcohol completely
Sinister Dexter do not strive to be like her strive to be like you
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What do you think of me? Quite the question. My hair is three ft long. I enjoy it.🌺🌷🌺🌷🌺🙏🌺🌷🌺🌷🌺
adi athi ... title ke vayiru full ayiduchu ... video va edhukku paathukutu
It looks like she trimmed it a bit
of course!
Follicles!
Why do sicks cut nails
@@couleurful Trust me the whole god created us this way and we must not alter it princepal goes down the drain as they cut there nails.
Smk sikhs cut ther nails only dead nails “tips of the nails * dead part of the nails. Combing your hair cleans your hair . Deads hair comes out
But usaully they have more body hair and facial hair..
Rah I've seen quite a lot of Sikh people at a few of my Sikh friends wedding they're drinking got bottles of vodka... even in the club's. Every time I'm at 1 OAK I see Sikhs getting lit
Not everyone is the same. Not every Christian does everything the bible says, right?
It's just a bunch of hair. Why do Sikhs cut their nails?
Well actually according to eastern philosophies. Our body has a type of cosmic energy. Indians call it 'prāṇa' and chinese call it 'chi'. The prana circulates throughtout our body. Through our spine. And the highest point of prana is on the top of our head. Our hair is made of pure protein substance called keratin. It's a good conductor of prana energy. We tie our hair in a knot so the prana energy remains locked. Buddhist do completely the opposite, they shave their head because their meditation involves focusing inwards, focusing on oneself. Whereas in our tradition, we focus on external. Our purpose is to connect with everything and realize that everything is one. Hair plays an important role in meditation.
we dont cut our nail, only dead nails, same as when we comb our hairs and dead hair fell off
@@amarcheema1138 very good answer
Hair, in the Sikh philosophy, reflects procreative fecundity. Sikhi, as a belief, mandates that the world is the true spiritual arena. As such, Sikhs are enjoined to imbibe the householder's life i.e. familial life with all its corollaries. Our unshorn hair reflects this facet of our belief. We do not traverse just any spiritual path where the hair is shorn to emulate sterility and rejection of familial life. We believe this world to be as true as the Creator who created it and our hair reflects our commitment to participation in worldly life. It is only through living in and selflessly serving creation that you can achieve the state of salvation because the Creator isn't divorced from the Created.
@@dawood4920 That's lovely. It was beautiful reading what you wrote there, I'd love hearing more. How does hair play a role in meditation?
I Really dont like long hair
Nice traction alopecia. By the time you're 37/38 you won't have any hair on the front
I don't tie hairs on head but make man bun like footballers...haven't lost any hair from front till now..