Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh 9780773565180

Tara Singh Bains is one of those rare people who sees the hand of God in every facet of his life. A man of strong convic

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Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh
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Tara Singh Bains
Hugh Johnston

Table of contents :
Contents
Pahrei (The Quarters)
Foreword
A Word from the Amanuensis
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
PART ONE: A PUNJABI
1 In Father's House
2 Army Service
3 A Disabling Illness
4 Going to Canada
5 Keeping My Faith
6 A Lumber Worker
7 My Birthplace Village
8 My Wife's Birthplace Village
PART TWO: A CANADIAN
9 Modern Sikhs
10 Community Strife
11 Community Service
12 White Sikhs
13 Living with Physical Injuries
14 On a Pilgrimage
15 Trouble in Punjab
16 Retirement
PART THREE: A SIKH
17 Following Sikh Discipline
Postscript by the Amanuensis
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glossary
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