![A US Sikh student's dignified response to a tasteless post making fun of her facial hair has earned her a legion of fans. A man took a photo of Balpreet Kaur and uploaded onto Reddit in the 'funny' category with the tagline 'im (sic) not sure what to conclude from this'. The aspiring neurosurgeon discovered the picture and instead of flying into a rage at the person behind the cheap dig, she posted a comment explaining why she didn't remove her hair: I'm not embarrassed or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positive] that this picture is getting because, it's who I am. Yes, I'm a baptised Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realise that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women.](http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/thumbs/BalpreetKaur2_20120926.jpg "A US Sikh student's dignified response to a tasteless post making fun of her facial hair has earned her a legion of fans. A man took a photo of Balpreet Kaur and uploaded onto Reddit in the 'funny' category with the tagline 'im (sic) not sure what to conclude from this'. The aspiring neurosurgeon discovered the picture and instead of flying into a rage at the person behind the cheap dig, she posted a comment explaining why she didn't remove her hair: I'm not embarrassed or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positive] that this picture is getting because, it's who I am. Yes, I'm a baptised Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realise that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women.")
Sep 26, 2012
A US Sikh student's dignified response to a tasteless post making fun of her facial hair has earned her a legion of fans. A man took a photo of Balpreet Kaur and uploaded onto Reddit in the 'funny' category with the tagline 'im (sic) not sure what to conclude from this'. The aspiring neurosurgeon discovered the picture and instead of flying into a rage at the person behind the cheap dig, she posted a comment explaining why she didn't remove her hair: "I'm not embarrassed or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positive] that this picture is getting because, it's who I am. Yes, I'm a baptised Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realise that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women."
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Police try to disperse Nursing and Paramedic students who were protesting outside Old Secretariat in Srinagar. Police used batons to disperse hundreds of female paramedic students as they protested their recent exam in which 90 percent of students were shown to have failed.
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NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal arrive for a meeting of party MLAs at Vidhan Bhawan in Mumbai.
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PTI Photo/ Shirish SheteSep 26, 2012
Army personnel carry out relief operations in the flood-hit Sonitpur district, Assam.
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A villager looks at a wounded one-horned rhinoceros that was shot and dehorned by poachers in Parku hills, near Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
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Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi rides in a battery-operated vehicle at the party's National Executive & Council meeting at Surajkund, Faridabad.
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People gather to watch rescue operations after a bus fell into the Purna River in Maharashtra. Police said 17 people died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into the river.
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Children take part in a 'graveyard' protest against the Kudankulam nuclear project at Idinthakarai in Tirunelveli.
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President Pranab Mukherjee is received by J&K Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on his arrival in Srinagar.
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AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi dances along with tribals on the occasion of tribal festival "Karma" in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
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Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna (L) after administering oath to Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice Darmar Murugesan in New Delhi.
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BJP President Nitin Gadkari with senior leader L K Advani at the party's National Executive & Council meeting at Surajkund, Faridabad.
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AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting supporters after paying homage at the memorial of legendary leader Birsa Munda in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
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Actors Madhuri Dixit Nene (L) and Sridevi perform during a TV dance reality show in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who turned 80, smiles as he greets scientists during an awards ceremony in New Delhi
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BJP leaders at the party's National Executive Meeting at Surajkund, Faridabad.
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Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly with a photo of Pakistan's late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto next to him at U.N. headquarters. Pakistan once again resorted to its old tactics of raking up Kashmir in the United Nations when its President Asif Ali Zardari sought a solution to the issue under UN resolution, which India considers outdated.
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Activists of Telangana Millenium March hoding a protest rally in Hyderabad.
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A college bus is seen on fire after many persons were killed and several injured when a train rammed into an engineering college bus at a manned level crossing in Bihar's Siwan district sparking protests by students who tried to torch the train.
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An exiled Tibetan Buddhist nun rotates prayer wheels inscribed with Tibetan mantras in Dharmsala. More than 400 delegates are in Dharmsala to attend the four-day Special General Meeting of the Tibetans ending Friday to discuss their strategy in response to the self-immolations in Tibet.
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AP Photo/ Ashwini BhatiaSep 26, 2012
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah gestures during a press conference in Srinagar.
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Boats are anchored early morning at the river Ganga in Varanasi.
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AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar SinghSep 26, 2012
People watch relatives and neighbors leave for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Varanasi.
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AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar SinghSep 26, 2012
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a traditional Chin shawl before speaking in Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest Burmese population in the United States.
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AP Photo/ The Journal Gazette,Samuel HoffmanSep 26, 2012
President Pranab Mukherjee reviews a guard of honour on his arrival in Srinagar.
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An old couple being greeted by their grand children before they leaving for Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, in Moradabad.
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Music Director and Singer Bappi Lahiri takes part in Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai.
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Members of Northeast Sikh Foundation and Sikh Sangat distributing food to flood affected people in Kamrup district, Assam.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar during a meeting of the committee of Chief Ministers on 'Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India' in Kolkata.
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PTI Photo/Swapan MahapatraSep 26, 2012
A fire bomb explodes among riot police during a nationwide general strike in Athens. Police clashed with protesters hurling petrol bombs and bottles in central Athens after an anti-government rally called as part of a general strike in Greece turned violent.
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Employees cheer during the opening of the Bharti Wal-Mart store in Hyderabad.
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AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.Sep 26, 2012
A Pakistani student listens to a speech at a rally to protest against a film insulting the Prophet Muhammad at Karachi University in Pakistan. Pakistani Taliban spokesman says the militant group has announced an amnesty for a minister who offered a $100,000 bounty for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film.
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