(birds chirping, voices speaking in distance)
♪
(Gurdeep humming)
(humming continuing)
So... no more little boy patka.
Are we done yet?
Uh... wait.
♪
There. Shabaash.
Now, we are done.
♪
Woman: Jasmeet! Jasmeet?
Yeah. I'm coming.
Yeah. I heard her.
I'm not done yet.
Woman: (on phone) We're still on for lunch tomorrow, right?
Jasmeet: Hell yeah. One more sleep.
- Woman: Okay. That's adorbs. - (dinging)
Yeah. I'm excited to finally hang out in 3D again.
Jasmeet: We should watch RRR together.
- Woman: I'd love that. - Um, not to be weird,
but would your boyfriend be okay with us RRR and chilling?
Woman: Why? Do you think he owns me or something?
No. It's not that. It's just, like-- Never mind.
I mean, has he seen RRR?
So funny to say RRR fast.
- RRR. RRR. RRR. - (woman laughing)
(beeping)
Hello? Hello?
(sighing)
(Jasmeet sighing)
Daddy, do you know what that man looks like?
- (whispering) Duncan. - That man,
- he looks like a pirate. - Dad: Duncan, we don't--
we don't say things like that about strangers.
- I'm so sorry. - Oh, it's all good, man.
I'm actually kind of relieved.
I thought he was going to say "terrorist."
(laughing) Yeah.
Jasmeet: Anything's better than that.
Although it's kind of an outdated reference
for the younger generation, right? I mean,
do kids even know what 9/11 is anymore? You know?
- Uh-- - But he keeps saying, "Arr,"
and he's wearing a funny hat.
Dad: It's not a funny hat.
It's a.. special hat that they wear.
- It's actually a turban. - Oh.
- Yeah. - I'm sorry.
I just never know what the right terms are.
It's "turban."
I just assume
turbans were associated with religious things.
Yeah. I-- I-- I guess they are. Yeah.
You see, Duncan? This is just a really religious man.
Well, I-- I wouldn't say
I'm, like, very religious or anything, necessarily, you know?
Ah. Okay.
Wait. So, if you're not religious,
why-- why do you wear it?
(dinging, doors opening)
Well, have a nice day.
Daddy, what's Nine Levin?
Dad: Oh, it was just a real bad day.
(dinging, doors closing)
Man: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No. I see what he's saying.
Definitely, you look like a pirate.
Like, if you just had an eyepatch...
and, like, a-- you know, like, a parrot.
(Imitating squawking)
Your parrot over here? (Imitating squawking)
Okay. How you going to let
a little white boy roast you like that?
You know how long it's been since anyone's asked me,
"Hey, why do you wear that thing on your head?"
I used to get that all the time.
You used to wear a turban?
Mm-hmm.
Chippy: Oh, yeah!
Oh, you guys are so cute!
Why'd you stop wearing it?
Neal: I don't know. I guess one day
I just decided I didn't want to anymore.
I wanted to give my hairline a fighting chance, you know?
Wow. That's how you remember it, huh? Okay.
Honestly, it's crazy, because it's like,
I don't even know why I wear my own pagg.
Like, I've always just tied one because I had to.
(typing)
Well, Sikhipedia says the Sikh turban
is a symbol of honour, self-respect, courage, dev--
Yeah. I don't need, like, the textbook Sikh camp uncle answer.
Okay. Then why don't you ask your dad?
Didn't he teach you how to tie it?
Nah, man. That window's closed.
He'd probably just yell at me.
That's true. You don't want to mess with fuffad ji.
One time, I asked him if he had any oat milk in the house,
and he said I was the greatest shame in our families' ancestry.
You think that's true?
- Jasmeet, Chippy: Yeah. - (phone chiming)
(chuckling)
Is that the Christian Punjabi girl?
What's happening there?
Oh, nothing. I don't know.
She, uh, she has a boyfriend.
Chippy: Okay. So you're basically a simp?
How does that make me a simp?
You're on the sidelines of some girl's relationship
who showed you the slightest interest, and now,
you're holding on to the hope that she'll break up
with her boyfriend for you?
You're basically adjacent to the, like,
"Hey, where's my hug at?" guy.
- Yeah. Don't be that guy. - I'm not that guy.
I'm not waiting for anybody to break up with anybody.
We're just friends.
(phone chiming)
Oh, shit. Neal, we should move.
Sunny's holding this langar at the Gurdwara
for his new truck.
Weird, but very on brand.
Neal: It's not that weird.
Like, really, what's the difference between a truck
and a human in the eyes of the almighty creator?
Uh, everything?
Chippy: Not unless it has truck balls,
which... I'm pretty sure Sunny's truck does.
It does for sure. I helped him buy them.
- (phone chiming) - And there's a lot of them.
They have all different sizes and colours and--
- (phone chiming) - He got the veiny one.
Oh, dude, we should make moves. We got to go.
I'm finishing my cereal.
Jasmeet: Dude, he's texted me, like, 14 times.
We got to go, now.
- Do you want this? - Chippy: No.
(Sikh music playing)
(singing, music continuing)
(Quietly) You know, I used to think
the Chaur Sahib was Guru Nanak's beard.
Jasmeet: (Quietly) How does that make any sense?
He would have to have, like, shed and regrown his beard
a million times for every gurdwara to have a Chaur Sahib.
We both know that didn't happen.
Yeah. I was a kid.
I was stupid.
(singing, music continuing)
- (people chattering) - Man: Shahee paneer.
- (speaking indistinctly) - Bro, Sunny's langar
is actually fire.
They have shahee paneer, and it's not even a wedding.
Man: That's good.
Shahee paneer is really good. Enjoy.
Dude, how come you're getting so much more than me?
Because I'm adorable.
It's probably because they think you're a new convert.
Mm. It's probably because I'm really cute and adorable.
Yeah. Right. You'd have to be wearing a pagg
in order for them to think you're a convert.
(people chattering)
Look. My bad, man. I'm just still kind of in a funk.
It's all good, dude. I been there.
Appreciate it.
(people chattering)
Yo. This langar slaps, right? What y'all up to?
Thanks for pulling up for Jarnail's paath.
Jarnail?
Sunny: Yeah, my new truck, Jarnail.
Okay. I thought having a paath for a truck was weird,
but now, you're naming it?
Sunny: What's so weird about that?
I mean, what's the difference between a truck
and a person in God's eyes?
That's what I'm saying.
Alright. Whatever, man.
Why you all stressed out today?
He's having an existential crisis, trying to figure out
the true meaning of wearing the pagg.
Bro, how do you not know?
Like, you know. It's part of our uniform.
It helps identify us in a crowd, bro.
It separates us from, like, Hindus, kalay, goray, Muslim,
and all that stuff.
I don't think it's about separation.
It's not, like, a racial purity thing.
Bro, we're Singhs, lions, warriors.
We-- we run things, and we dominate
everybody and everything, bro.
No. It's about peace and love and selflessness.
Just because your Gori hippy mummy taught you that
doesn't make it right.
(people chattering)
I'm getting roasted and toasted here.
Ay-oh. Look. Neither of you guys even wear a pagg,
so what are you arguing about?
Bro, what you mean?
I'm out here doing seva every day!
We got a Baba Ji Biir in my house.
My dad's the secretary of the Gurdwara,
and look.
My Sikhi's on the inside, bro.
I wear my pagg on my heart.
- Is that an AK-47? - Sunny: Yeah.
Jasmeet: In between two trucks?
Sunny: Yeah, the military ones.
Is that a khanda? Why is there a khanda on fire?
- Whatever, bro. - Alright, man. Look.
That in itself made me feel so much better
about what I'm going through, so thank you, man.
Whatever, man. Don't waste my time.
Y'all going to pull up to see Jarnail?
Dude, we already came to the langar.
Now, you want us to go see the new truck?
When a baby is born,
you don't just go to the langar.
You go see the baby, too, no?
That logic is airtight.
Alright. Yeah. We'll pull up.
- Don't flop. - Okay.
I'm going to go do some seva like a real Sikh.
(people chattering)
Give me a second. I'll just be right back.
(people chattering)
(chatter continuing)
I'm just wondering, you know, why Sikh people wear it, right?
I-- I understand it's a gift from Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
It's a part of our physical identity.
It's kind of like a crown.
Um, keeps our long hair nice and clean, but...
You know, like, I also know
that other religions have head coverings, too,
like hijabs and yarmulkes, kufi caps.
Is there-- is there any correlation with that?
Or is it just like, yeah, we wear it because we're spiritual
or we wear it because we're warriors?
Or it is just like, you know,
we wear it because we're going to get a bunch of free blessings
from Baba-Ji?
Yes.
Uh, yes what?
Yes. Baba-Ji.
God. Yes.
Um... okay.
(people chattering)
Good. Good.
Welcome to Sikhism.
We've met, like, 12 times.
I told you everyone thinks you're a convert.
(people chattering)
(Indian TV show playing indistinctly)
- (TV clicking off) - Dad?
Don't you want to go to sleep upstairs?
(murmuring)
(clock ticking)
Actually, I did have something I wanted to ask you.
(whip cracking)
You... you don't know?
- (metal swiping against metal) - (voice echoing)
You don't know why?
♪
(grunting, smacking)
(smacking)
♪
(music ending abruptly)
(clock ticking)
Dad? Dad?
(clock ticking)
(man singing in Punjabi)
(singing continuing)
♪
(singing continuing)
♪
(singing continuing)
Good. Very good.
♪
I always thought you were religious
- because of the turban. - Do I, like, give off
a really religious vibe or something?
Am I, like, just always emitting an aura of godliness?
Am I... Am I God?
You do have the complex, yes.
Kind of like, uh, Jesu--
Not you dissing my homeboy.
I know, right? It's giving Judas.
(Rebecca laughing)
But really, there's nothing wrong with it.
I mean, I'm religious.
Really?
I wear my cross everywhere I go.
Oh. Well, that's a little more subtle than a turban, but...
I mean, does the iconography of it all really matter?
I'm close with God.
That's a me and him relationship.
Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
I think you're overthinking it.
When I harp on something,
I tend to make it worse.
Maybe just let the answers come to you
when they're supposed to.
Yeah. That's, uh, solid insight. Thank you.
(phone buzzing)
I got to get back to work,
but thanks for lunch.
And hey, maybe next time, we can talk
about my problems for a change.
Oh, no! Oh, you can't leave on that note.
I feel terrible.
I'm-- I'm just teasing. It's-- it's fine.
(sighing) No, but for real, I really do want to hear
about your problems, though.
Okay. Well, maybe next time,
if my boyfriend allows it, right?
Oh, my God. Not the double whammy!
Look. I did not mean it like that.
I know. It was a dumb question,
but I'm just teasing.
So, you don't have to answer this,
but how long have you guys been together?
Since high school.
Wow.
We met at church, actually,
and some more fun trivia for you:
He's the only person I've ever really... been with.
Huh. Now, these aren't
the problems that you're referring to, are they?
- Next time. - Okay. Alright.
Hey, but don't let your problems
get any better 'til then, okay?
As a matter of fact, I hope they get worse.
Oh. You're terrible. Okay. (chuckling)
(people chattering)
(truck horn honking)
Jasmeet: Yo!
Oh, shit. Guy actually showed up.
Told you I was going to pull up.
Sunny: Look at her. Isn't she
the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
She? I thought you named it Jarnail?
Jarnail Kaur.
Sikh names are unisex. You know this, bro.
Yeah, okay, but it has balls.
So what? Girls can't have balls now?
What are you, a tranny-phobe or some shit?
Jasmeet: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Yo. You know
that's not the right terminology for--
- Sunny! - Ah, fuck.
Sunny, why are you writing off condoms?
This chick, yo. Always on my case.
Trust me. You don't want my drivers
having random babies across the country,
asking for more money to pay for child support.
I'm saving us money here.
Maybe they keep it in their pants.
The CRA doesn't allow for this.
Yo, fuck the CRA.
They have their robot kuttis call me all the time,
making threats and shit.
That's not the CRA. That's spam.
Who the fuck's Pam?
Hey, Jasmeet, you know my accountant, Amrit?
- No. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, Jasmeet.
Hey, why don't you ask her about your, uh, little pagg problem?
What? I don't have a pagg problem.
- What are you talking about? - (thumping, men shouting)
Oh, Shampy.
What the fuck, yo?
I'll be back, guys.
Amrit: So, what is it?
You can't find the right style for your face shape, or...?
No. It was just some, like, kid that asked me why I wear one.
First of all, he said I looked like a pirate.
You know which one I get?
People think I'm a hijabi.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Yeah. Not that there's anything wrong
- with being a pirate, either. - (chuckling)
But yeah.
It got me asking myself why I wear a turban, you know,
and I guess I just don't really have an answer.
There's nothing wrong with asking, and believe me,
I understand the pain of not having an answer.
So, what I usually do...
I tell them I'm a turban-wearing Sikh woman.
I wait for them to put their minds back together.
Then I explain to them that the Sikh philosophy
believes in the equality of genders
and I wear my turban to reclaim and uphold that truth.
It's clean, straight to the point.
I don't think it's for anyone to tell you.
I mean, as long as you're honest with yourself
about what it means to you,
that's where the true beauty of it lies.
Besides, the Gurus did encourage us to think for ourselves
and keep learning, you know?
Anyway, it was nice meeting you.
I got to go check on Sunny
and his horny trucker clan situation.
Bye.
See you.
(horn honking, men chattering)
I'm done.
You can go ahead.
Wait.
(Gurdeep humming)
(humming continuing)
There.
Thanks.
So, lately, I've been asking myself a lot of deep questions
and really thinking about my identity, my culture,
and it all has to do with this.
Um, some people call it a turban.
Others call it a pagg or a dastar,
and I'm sure many people all across the world
have different names for it.
And I know what it represents for Sikh people.
It's a symbol that promotes equality and acceptance
that started centuries ago in India,
during a time where it wasn't so easy
to be truly free with your ideas and beliefs.
- (rustling) - And all of that is great
and holds a lot of significance to my pagg,
but I'm not even sure if it's about just that, you know.
(rustling)
(footsteps approaching)
♪
(sighing)
And yeah, it's a symbol of royalty as well.
We wear it to stand out
among a crowd of hundreds of people.
But sometimes, I just ask myself, like,
"Do I really want to stand out?"
And I know that's insane saying that as I record this video
for hundreds of you guys to watch, but I don't know.
Sometimes, I just want to be a part of the people,
like, the working people as well.
I want to be both carrying this royal crown,
but I also kind of see it as a hard hat,
because it adds an extra layer of protection,
comfort, safety
as I enter and occupy new spaces and represent my family,
my culture, my people,
my ancestors, my royalty,
and also myself.
So, yeah.
Yeah. That's what the pagg means to me.
Amrit: Okay, but why are you expensing the truck balls?
Oh, my God! Why not?
Are they a necessary accessory?
Do they help you make deliveries?
It's part of our branding!
It sets us apart!
That's why you have decals on the doors.
Well, you know what we should go with?
"When you go with Hogi Trucking,
you know you're getting the guys with the balls
to make the deliveries." That's dope.
- Okay. - That's dope.
Okay. What about the Amiri Jeans?
- Mm-hmm. - The Gucci hoodie?
- Mm-hmm. - The LV scarf?
What?
It's-- it's the brand! I'm a drippy Jaat.
- Oh, my God. - What can I not write off?
Like, Gomit Thursday. Don't make us cancel Gomit Thursday.
I'll have a mutiny on our hands.
- Sunny. - You seen some of these guys?
- Sunny! - They're 400 pounds,
and they can swing.
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