Book 64 Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? *** by Anita Rau Badami

Another wonderful book by Badami, a Vancouver based writer.   All those who wish a further understanding of how the Sikhs in Canada became militant and violent should read this book and how Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs were driven apart by politics and violence.   Badami weaves several stories of immigrants together skillfully with none of these implausible turns of fate that characterize some fiction I have read recently.   The characters are fascinating and, though of another culture, have traits and behaviours that I related to.  

Her previous books, Tamarind Mem and Hero's Walk, are also highly recommended reads, both for the wonderful story telling and writing, and for the understanding of Indo-Canadian history.