Students of Ludhiana’s Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), who marked ‘Turban Day’ recently, shared their views.One is often told that a Sikh without his flowing hair and turban is like a king without his crown. A couple of years ago, when the members of the community started giving up the most visible symbol of Sikh identity (long hair and the turban), the trend reached the “epidemic” proportions and had the Sikh religious leadership worried. Having said that, as HT City interacted with turbaned youth in the region, we discovered that many of them continue to wear the turban and consider it a sign of their self-respect and pride, be it a Punjabi or a non-Punjabi.