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One-armed man of Birganj

In Birganj there’s a sizeable Sikh population, especially in my neighborhood. Sikhism is a religion sprouting from Hinduism, reflecting some Island, in a brief (and debatable) synopsis. I knew Sikhism by two things: knives and hair. Sikhs carry a knife (a kirpan that they carry with them.
The knife is symbolic of the warrior heritage of [...]