WASHINGTON: A 23-year old sardarni became the first observant female Sikh to graduate from
the West Point Military Academy
on Saturday, receiving her diploma following a controversial commencement address from U.S President
Donald Trump
amid immense racial strife in America.
Second-lieutenant Anmol Narang, who grew up in Roswell, Georgia, was allowed to keep her knee length hair tied in a bun no larger than 3.5 inches in diameter as prescribed by the new military code, as she graduated from a 2020 class of 1100 cadets that is said to be the most diverse in the academy’s history, despite West Point’s reputation as a white male bastion. Aside from a record 230 women, the class is 12 percent African-American, 9 percent Asian, 9 pe