more on the west's first wearer of a turban

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after getting into kundalini yoga, some of us end up in India, and for me, the more political some of us get, the more we see how similar was the Sikh's experience in fighting for their own independencethis connection feeds a fascination I have for this american from the early 1800s who adopted central asian ways and ran artillery for Ranjeet's Sikh empire, in its final breath before succumbing to the British empire...hence, my post today with another article I found on this amazing character from history...I give you, the first turban wearing westerner...warning - experiencing unbelievable central asian savagery, our American descends into some barbarous behavior himself: you've been warned - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9506EED71E39E433A2575AC0A9619C94699ED7CFamar atma