CONTENTS:- Introduction; Note to the reader; 1. Introducing Sikhism to America/Sri Singh Sahib Har Bhajan Singh Yogi; 2. The power behind the Yogi/Bibi Inderjit Kaur Khalsa; 3. America's richest Sikh/Didar Singh Bains; 4. Rich farmer's rich daughter/Diljit Kaur Bains; 5. Fame and fortune through fibre optics/Narinder Singh Kapany; 6. Money and culture/Kavelle and Kuljit Bajaj; 7. Tsar of Indian hotels abroad/Sant Singh Chatwal; 8. Dentist and scholar/I.J. Singh; 9. Inherited scholarship/Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh; 10. Life dedicated to science and Sikhism/Bhai Harbans Lal; 11. Economics and youth campus/Bimal Kaur and Balwant Singh; 12. Fifth generation American/Jane Singh; 13. From the Aroma of Chandigarh to the cherry blossoms of Washington/Ranju and Bryjinder Singh Kohli; 14. From poverty to top taxpayer/Pushpinder Kaur and Baldev Singh; 15. Community service/Mirin and Tejbir Singh Phool; 16. Gurbani in the United States/Bibi Amarjit Kaur; 17. Proud of being Sikh and American/Sandip Singh; 18. Spreading Guru Nanak's message in the western world/Shakta Kaur and Kartar Singh Khalsa; 19. Trading in style/Pammy and Nanak Kohli; 20. The general without an army/Gurmeet Singh Aulakh; 21. Holding aloft the Khalsa Banner in Britain/Kanwaljit Kaur and Indarjit Singh Obe; 22. Member of British Parliament/Piara Singh Khabra; 23. Of grit and determination/Gurdip Singh Gujral CBE; 24. First Sikh barrister in British Court/Mota Singh QC; 25. Youngest Asian as Queen's counsel/Manjit Singh Gilgl QC; 26. Schoolboy millionaire/Reuben Singh; 27. Making souls meet/Piara Singh Aulakh; 28. Champion wrestler/Tigerjit Singh; 29. Sikh in Canadian Parliament/Gurbax Singh Malhi; 30. The right deal/Nav and Arvinder Bhatia; 31. Lawyer with an edge/T-Sher Singh; 32. Leading the Toronto Sikh community/Harbhajan Singh Pandori; 33. Building bridges/Gurdip Singh Saluja; 34. Singer with mission/Dya Singh; Glossary.
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When some of the Sikhs left their homeland, an uncertain future started 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 during wrestling bouts. Neither the lack of funds nor the feeling of cultural alienation could dwarf their will to succeed. Amongst the Sikhs: Reaching for the Stars is a celebration of Sikhs, especially diaspora Sikhs who came, who saw and who conquered.
