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"Identities in Practice draws a nuanced picture of how the experience of migration affects the process through which Sikhs in Finland and California negotiate their identities. What makes this study innovative with regard to the larger context of migration studies is the contrast it provides between experiences at two Sikh migration destinations. By using an ethnographic approach, Hirvi reveals how practices carried out in relation to work, dress, the life-cycle, as well as religious and cultural sites, constitute important moments in which Sikhs engage in the often transnational art of negotiating identities. Laura Hirvi's rich ethnographic account brings to the fore how the construction of identities is a creative process that is conditioned and infiltrated by questions of power. Identities in Practice will appeal to scholars who are interested in the study of cultures, identities, migration, religion, and transnationalism."

Sikhs --- Migrations. --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Sikh diaspora

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In Jewels of the Qila, Hugh Johnston draws on memoirs and interviews, newspaper articles and photographs, to tell the story of three generations of a remarkable Sikh family and the communities they lived in and supported in both Canada and India. The Siddoos are Punjabi. Kapoor Singh, father and grandfather, arrived in British Columbia in 1912 and had to overcome racial prejudice and legal discrimination to transform himself from labourer to lumber baron. As he campaigned for citizenship and immigration rights for his people, he and his wife, Besant Kaur, fostered in their daughters a vision of service and activism that, as adults, they fulfilled by establishing a family-run hospital in Punjab and by introducing a Westernized version of an Indian spiritual tradition to Canada. The Siddoos are the heart of the story, but their history tells a larger tale of an immigrant community's triumphs and tribulations and the strong connection that Indo-Canadians continue to forge with their homeland.

Sikhs --- Siddoo family. --- British Columbia --- History.

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Sikhism --- Sikhs --- Religions --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Religion --- North America.

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Sikhs --- Sikhism --- Sikhism --- Ethnic identity. --- Customs and practices. --- History.

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Sikh literature --- Sikhism --- Sikh gurus. --- Gurus --- Sikhs --- Religions --- Religious literature --- Sacred books --- Doctrines. --- Religion --- Nanak,