Chapter 3 is based on Sikhs in Malaysia: Malaysia has the largest Sikh community in Southeast and East Asia, numbering around 80,000. Sikh migration to Malaya (Malaysia) started in 1873 when Sikhs arrived as policemen in Perak. The first Sikh Gurdwara was set up in 1881 in Cornwallis in the Police Lines. The first public Gurdwara was inaugurated in 1903 in Penang. During British rule in Malaya, the Sikhs were a pampered lot, occupying top positions in the Police and Army. It is a fact that there are more Sikh Gurdwaras (15 in number) in Kuala Lumpur than Muslim Mosques, despite the dominant Muslim population in Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. The Sikh diaspora in Malaysia has assimilated into the mainstream while keeping its identity intact. Malaysian Sikhs are rooted in Sikh culture and its moorings in a better way as compared with Sikhs in other parts of the world.

Sikhs in Malaysia actively participate in all 55 social organizations. The pioneer Sikh socio-religious organization was Khalsa Diwan Malaya, founded in 1903 in Taiping, Perak. Sikh Naujawan Sabha Malaysia (SNSM) has been the most active Sikh organization catering to the socio-religious needs of the Sikh youth of Malaysia. The SNSM has been organizing youth camps annually since the late 1960s. The SNSM's initiatives to help victims of natural calamities resulted in the formation of Global Sikhs, which is also supported by United Sikhs of America. Sikhs in Malaysia are a minority community amongst 30 million strong Muslim majority comprised of Bhumiputras. They face discrimination in getting jobs and starting new business ventures under the affirmative action policy, as it favors only Bhumiputras.

Chapter 4 deals with Sikhs in Singapore. The author calls Singapore Sikhs as a model minority. They are professionally organized and have succeeded in various walks of life such as business, education, civil services, military and the corporate sector. There are less than 20,000 Sikhs in Singapore but they have earned a good reputation in the country for their contributions to Singapore economy. Singapore was part of Malaya under the British and the Sikhs migrated to Singapore as policemen. The Sikh Foundation and the Punjabi Foundation of Singapore are promoting the Sikh heritage and Punjabi language, respectively. Some of the prominent Sikhs who earned name and fame in Singapore public life are as follows: Justice Choor Singh Sidhu, who rose to be the first Sikh Judge of Supreme Court; Jaswant Singh Gill, the first Commander of the Singapore Navy; Brigadier General Ravinder Singh who became Singapore's Army Chief; Inderjit Singh and Davinder Singh, the two Sikh MPs in Singapore Parliament; Bhajan Singh, the Educationist; and Kartar Singh Thakral, who is the owner of Thakral Group of Companies and reputed to be one of the richest Singaporeans.