{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"11455-amongst-the-sikhs-reaching-for-the-stars","title":"Amongst the Sikhs - Reaching for the Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Surjit Kaur\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Roli Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8174362673\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen some of the Sikhs left their homeland, an uncertain future stared them in the face. 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