Originally posted by: invest_probe
Good point.
Darji raised a ruckus over cigarettes. But Veer removing his dastar / pagg is a much much..much bigger deal.
Rarely is there an instance where a sikh boy/man removes his pagg and cuts his hair, and the sky does not fall (metaphorically speaking). Parents threaten or actually throw out their son, threaten suicide, cry and pray etc.
It takes a lot of angst, pain, quarrels, soul searching before there is acceptance
This was a major inflection point in Veer's life, and his parents. A lot of very real drama could have been created around it.
About drinking...sad reality is majority of sikhs drink, even those who are observant sikhs. Fact of life. Hence less possibility of creating drama around the issue other than alcoholism (which they addressed with Inder)
I dont think the writers know or want to know more about sikh culture.