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Punjab Research Group would recognize some elements of their
concerns; among them, I am grateful to Narinder Basi, Shinder Thandi,
Gurharpal Singh and especially Ian Talbot, who read through an earlier
version and offered valuable comments. Thanks are due to my
colleagues and others who offered a cheerful working environment at the
college: Jagdev Boparai, Rosangela Dempsey, Ranjit Dhanda, Sardul
Dhesi, Ann Hynes, Talat Javed, Kathleen Jenkins, Jill Manley, Jean
Parry, Sujinder S.Sangha, and especially Chris Watts. Thanks to Ram
Singh for searching certain passages from the Adi Granth, and Tejwant
Singh Gill for some Punjabi folklore. Caroline Wintersgill and Claire
Hart at UCL have provided excellent support. Such a long list of
acknowledgements does not diminish my exclusive claim for errors and
misinterpretations. Hopefully, this preliminary study will encourage
scholars to build a more robust picture. To this end, many primary
sources are listed. While my academic concerns are somehow related to
my sojourn turning into harsh displacement and loss, I hope Harjeet and
Rajwant, my son and daughter, will find within these pages an
expression of my affection, anxiety and hope as they grow in the
diaspora.
Darshan Singh Tatla
Warwick
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