Dosanjh ujjal (23 risultati)

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Past Is Never Dead a Novel. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Only slight wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.37 X 6.54 X 1.73 inches; 446 pages; "A midnight's child of poor rural India, Ujjal Dosanjh emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1964 at the age of eighteen, and spent nearly four years making crayons, car parts and shunting trains while he attended night school and learned English by listening to BBC Radio. He moved to Canada in 1968, to the west coast, where he pulled lumber in a sawmill for a few years, eventually earning a B.A from Simon Fraser University in 1973 and then his law degree from the University of British Columbia three years later. He practiced law for many years, and was a social justice advocate who fought for the rights of farm and domestic workers. After many years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly he became Attorney General and then Premier of British Columbia, the first person of Indian descent to hold these offices anywhere in the country.This is a deeply personal and thoughtful memoir of Dosanjhâs journey from his beloved India to the upper echelons of Canadian politics, a story that is both wise and compelling, about a man passionate about social justice and democratic process who continues to rail against injustice and corruption wherever it is happening in the world.".…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. I don t know. It s always been like this, son. Your father knew. But we got to survive, didn t we? Can t fight the whole village! she d saywhenever Kalu asked her how she and Udho coped with [the] insults. In the year 1952, Kalu escaped Banjhan Kalan in Punjab s Hoshiarpur for Bedford in the British Midlands, hoping to find a life of dignity that he had been denied because of his caste. He was in his late teens and had grown up believing in Sikhism s tenet of equality preached by Guru Nanak and Ravidas, a principle the villagers never sincerely practised. They had maimed his father, accusing him of stealing a zamindar s ox; they had thrown father and son out of a Quit India rally; they had mercilessly thrashed young Kalu himself for daring to enter a temple. He had never been allowed to forget even by his schoolmates that he was a Chamar, destined to skin dead cattle like his ancestors. England promised a new life of respect and opportunity. But Kalu s fellow expatriates had brought caste along when they came to that country, and he would be forced to adhere to its degrading rules just as he was in Banjhan. Determined not to bend as he had refused to do back home Kalu fights back, but his resoluteness in the struggle will put him and his family at serious risk. The Past Is Never Dead is not only the story of a rural Punjabi family s search for a better life, it is also a powerful depiction of the stranglehold of caste over Sikh immigrants in Britain. But even as it exposes the horror and obstinacy of caste, the novel pays tribute to the courage and tenacity of the human spirit and its capacity for hope.…

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Soft cover. Condizione: New. Born in rural Punjab just months before Indian independence, Ujjal Dosanjh emigrated to the UK, alone, when he was eighteen and spent four years making crayons and shunting trains while he attended night school. Four years later, he moved to Canada, where he worked in a sawmill, eventually earning a law degree, and committed himself to justice for immigrant women and men, farm workers and religious and racial minorities. In 2000, he became the first person of Indian origin to lead a government in the western world when he was elected Premier of British Columbia. Later, he was elected to the Canadian parliament. Journey After Midnight is the compelling story of a life of rich and varied experience and rare conviction. With fascinating insight, Ujjal Dosanjh writes about life in rural Punjab in the 1950s and early '60s; the Indian immigrant experiencefrom the late 19th century to the present dayin the UK and Canada; post-Independence politics in Punjab and the Punjabi diaspora including the period of Sikh militancyand the inner workings of the democratic process in Canada, one of the world's more egalitarian nations. He also writes with unusual candour about his dual identity as a first-generation immigrant. And he describes how he has felt compelled to campaign against discriminatory policies of his adopted country, even as he has opposed regressive and extremist tendencies within the Punjabi community. His outspoken views against the Khalistan movement in the 1980s led to death threats and a vicious physical assault, and he narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985. Yet he has remained steadfast in his defence of democracy, human rights and good governance in the two countries that he calls homeCanada and India. His autobiography is an inspiring book for our times.…

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