Punjab is now run by the Aam Aadmi Party. Its chief minister Bhagwant Mann has followed the novel procedure of putting the pictures of Sardar Bhagat Singh and Dr BR Ambedkar in all the government offices there. Those were even hung on the wall as is evident from the portraits of both the icons circulated in the media.
The picture of the great martyr and revolutionary also gets prominence in the Punjab CM’s office by his favourable choice. However, it sooner gained ample cause of controversy or criticism. Both the great figures are indeed admirable in our democratic country. The thin line of the flaw in the photo of Bhagat Singh was searched just at the nascent days of the new chief minister.
It was reportedly the very colour of the turban. Indeed the bright eyes of our politicians appear to be sharper than the eagle. It has come upon as a matter of argument and even historians reached to ascertain the very veracity of the turban’s hue.
A noted historian and writer Prof Chaman Lal said that Sardar Bhagat Singh sported only a white coloured turban as solely approved by the two photos out of four available photos of Bhagat Singh. He has even stressed that he made it clear several times. Therefore, the photo in Basanti or Kesaria coloured turban is a straight and imaginary depiction. It has no realism or genuineness.
Our politicians shift now on the colour. Do the colour perceptions change with time in politics? Confidence rules over their political style and taste of showing turban in a different look. Do they convey the connotation that the public need to see the revolutionary in a coloured turban?
On the whole, they also sought to avoid the stereotypical style and concentrate rather on the very point that the masses’ vision be tinted as it is a lesser evil, believe few.
So far we have been loving the rainbow but it appears as if the colours look like arrows on the traditional bow politically. The analysts could think that an argument upon the turban colour has been brought up without any logic. The objection may be helpful in serving implicit or explicit political motives. Undeniably, the yellow colour secures its prompt spot as the online favourite.