The author recounts his own story in chapter 12. He earned a Graduate Assistantship in the Mining department of Pennsylvania State University in the USA in 1958, and after completing his master's in mining, he joined as an Efficiency Engineer in Hanna Coal Company, Ohio. He returned to India in 1961. The author sums up his experience of student life as wonderful: "A Sikh was somewhat of a curiosity, to say the least. Americans were by and large generous, welcoming, and curious." I am not inclined to discuss the author's personal episodes as his visit to the USA does not fall into the territory and regime of Latin America. But I do appreciate that the author maintained his Sikh identity and values in a most dignified manner in the United States of America.

Chapter 13 'Conclusions' is the most important chapter of this book. Swarn Singh Kahlon brings into focus the reasons for Sikh migration. According to the author, "It is the frustration from rampant unemployment among rural Sikh youth that has given rise to this obsession of going abroad at any cost. The state has to create jobs for the semi-literate rural youth. Rural life in Punjab is in crisis, and Sikh youths are seeking migration out of India as their only way of survival." The author laments that Punjab has lost out to other states in economic, industrial, social, and service fronts. The author displays his professional wisdom in analyzing the Punjab crisis. I fully agree with the author's concluding remarks (p. 305): "While Sikhs have done a good job to survive, they need a strategy to thrive. Nothing less than a total revamp at a political, social, and religious level is required."

I hope that the Sikh youth and social scientists will find a lot of useful information about Sikh Diaspora in this book authored by Swarn Singh Kahlon. I also learn from the views expressed on the blurb of this book that he intends to bring out a series of books on Sikh Diaspora in the coming years. I wish him success in his mission.