Kahlon acknowledges all the help he received from various people. "I was lucky to meet in Chandigarh an exchange student from Argentina. I requested her to visit the Sikh community in Salta on return to Argentina as my advance party. She provided useful information which is incorporated in the book. A young friend of mine from London, Arvinder Singh Garcha (met through my website - http://www.sikhglobalvillage.com) with interests similar to mine helped with more contacts. An Argentinean scholar Dr.Lia helped me set up my travel itinerary and even offered her apartment for my stay in Buenos Aires. MitKahlon (with whom I share a surname) in Sao Paulo helped me locate a 3rd generation Sikh immigrant in Brazil. In Mexico, Satinder Pal Singh working with Shell Oil and in Belize, Sabbi, working at Tutt Farm introduced me to several people."

In Mexico too there were more encounters with Sikh converts. While in Panama the author spotted Sikhs in a mural depicting those involved in the construction of the Panama Canal.

An eye-opener in Ecuador was the discovery of the erstwhile Khalistan Embassy which opened there in 1985 and issued passports of the Khalistan Government in Exile!

Anecdotes pepper the text such as a meal with a family where the parents were eating dal and roti while the teenage son enjoyed beef steak! In Sao Paulo, Brazil he encountered Mit Mohan Singh Kahlon who just happened to share the same surname - and has since become a friend.

To further substantiate and verify his research, Kahlon did his homework on the home front too. He visited villages in Punjab to find out about those who left home and went overseas.

A treasure trove of information for anyone interested in the Sikh community - or for that matter the pattern of migration of one of the most respected communities in India, Kahlon, with this book, salutes the brave first-generation immigrants who faced the hardships of reaching and settling in far-flung unfamiliar territory. Their children and grandchildren continue to proudly carry their race and religion further in a foreign land which is now their home.