Fauji Banta Singh and Other Stories

Posted on 26 June 2017 by Sadhu Binning

Riveting stories from the heart of the Vancouver Sikh experience Set among people who emigrated in the late twentieth century, facing racial animosity and economic insecurity, and moving forward as their lives became settled, Fauji Banta Singh gives us rare glimpses into the private lives of the Sikh community the successes and failures, the growing and painful irrelevance of the old, changing values and the conditions of the women, the place of religion and tradition, and the ever present echoes of distant Indian politics and national extremism Unique and powerful, brutally honest yet compassionate, these stories present us with characters that are empathetic and vividly real. Read Fauji Banta Singh and Other Stories – kino-fada.fr I was fortunate to receive a copy of this book via a Goodreads giveaway Each story is infused with a strong flavour of faith and the ties that bind members of a family and the larger Punjabi community together The people Sadhu Binning writes about struggle with being caught between two worlds the India they have or their parents grandparents come from, and the western society they find on Canada s west coast They all try in their own ways to reconcile the differences that they face, thoug I was fortunate to receive a copy of this book via a Goodreads giveaway Each story is infused with a strong flavour of faith and the ties that bind members of a family and the larger Punjabi community together The people Sadhu Binning writes about struggle with being caught between two worlds the India they have or their parents grandparents come from, and the western society they find on Canada s west coast They all try in the...nice

26 June 2017

Sadhu Binning