Amongst the Sikhs - Reaching for the Stars

Author: Surjit KaurPublisher: Roli BooksYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 192ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174362673 DescriptionThis volume is a celebration of Sikhs, especially diaspora Sikhs who came, who saw and who conquered. The profiles in this book are of people who carved success for themselves out of alien surroundings. Their profiles may read like fiuctional pieces but they are real people, no different than you or I.When some of the Sikhs left their homeland, an uncertain future stared them in the face. The antidote to this incertitude was their determination to make a name for themselves wherever their destiny would propel them. And so they did. Some spread Guru Nanak’s message in the Western Hemisphere, while others went on to become Members of Parliament in their adopted countries. Yet others sang the Gurbani in the West or were invested with the Order of the British Empire. They entertained the high and mighty at their chain of Indian hotels, and even regaled the world dur