NZ Sikh lauded world over for selfless act
Monday, 18/05/2015
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MELBOURNE: A day after a Sikh man from India broke religious protocol by removing his turban to help a profusely bleeding child at Auckland in New Zealand, people are praising him on social networking sites for his humanitarian gesture, a media report said on Sunday.
The story of 22-year-old Harman Singh has been shared tens of thousands of times on social media as he woke up on Saturday to hundreds of messages from around the world praising his humanitarian effort.
A picture of him setting aside religious protocol by removing his turban to cradle a boy hit by a car has turned him into an instant hero, the New Zealand Herald reported. Harman has since received hundreds of posts full of praise from as far afield as the US, Europe and India, the report said.
He was overwhelmed at the number of messages of support from around the globe. “Total strangers are asking to be friends on Facebook and thousands have said ‘Well done. I was only doing what I had to,” he said.Singh said he had changed his shift as a bakery delivery driver the day before and was in bed when he heard tyres screech and rushed outside. He saw a boy lying on the road and a lot of blood coming from the back of his head. A women was holding him, but the boy was not moving.
The boy was going to school with his sister when a car hit hm outside his house in South Auckland on Friday morning. Singh, who is from India, is in Auckland studying a business course. His act is hugely significant because it breaks strict religious protocol.
