Safar
Finding Home, History, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 11 June 2026
- ISBN 9798881842673
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 228.6x152.4 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 22 bw photos 700
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Short description:
Blends memoir and history to explore the role of Punjabi food in fostering community and identity among South Asian refugees and immigrants.
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Blends memoir and history to explore the role of Punjabi food in fostering community and identity among South Asian refugees and immigrants.
Safar: Finding Home, History, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West follows the journey of South Asian refugees, immigrants, and their children-in particular, Sikhs, Jats, and Muslims-who moved to the southwestern states of America over centuries as farmers, truck drivers, restaurant owners, and dhaba/diner stall cooks. An expedition in search of the asli-or real Punjabi food-Madhushree Ghosh explores how their food traveled from pre-partition British India to now, while weaving in her own immigrant journey as a graduate student to America in 1993, her quest to find home through the food of her Bengali refugee parents, and the physical journey she embarked on to visit the Punjabi communities in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Focusing on four Punjabi women, each a part of a different immigration wave of South Asia to the American West, Ghosh highlights the food and recipes they brought with them that connect them to their pasts. Safar shares stories of displacement, discrimination, community, and hope, while shedding light on immigrant journeys and the true meaning of home, comfort food, and what constitutes a ""true Punjabi"" meal. Featuring essential recipes, this is a poignant reflection on what it means to find home and identity through food and culture as an immigrant to the United States.
Table of Contents:
Author's Note
Part 1: Why We Travel
Chapter 1: Why We Travel and How This Happened
Chapter 2: What Makes a Sikh?
Chapter 3: The Safar, The Journey
Part 2: The First Wave: Sheila, The Punjabi-Mexican Daughter of Pioneers
Chapter 4: Brown Marriages and the Food They Created
Chapter 5: A Lot of Laws
Chapter 6: Sheila, Daughter of The First Wave
Chapter 7: But What About the Japanese?
Chapter 8: Sheila in Arizona
Chapter 9: Sheila, The Indian
Chapter 10: Sheila, The Student
Chapter 11: Sheila, The Home-Maker
Chapter 12: Sheila, The Pie-Maker
Chapter 13: Sheila, Now
Part 3: The Second Wave: The Gurdwara, The Women
Chapter 14: The Second Wave
Chapter 15: The Twenty-Six: Who Built The Gurdwara?
Chapter 16: Daughter of Second Wave Families
Chapter 17: The Quietness of Those Who Leave
Part 4: In Between Immigration Waves: The Khalistan Story
Chapter 18: Stockton Gurdwara: Of Religion, Revolution & Community
Chapter 19: The Bhindranwale Story: A Terrorist? A Saint?
Chapter 20: Indira and The Sikh Genocide
Chapter 21: Khalistan, the Idea: Now What?
Part 5: The Third Wave, Jassi, the Amritdhari, Ajit's Mother
Chapter 22: Diwali and The Face of Punjabi Tandoor: Jassi
Chapter 23: Jassi, Now
Chapter 24: Jassi, The Third Wave Immigrant
Part 6: On Truckers, Dhabas, & Those Who Changed Central Valley California, Uma Devi
Chapter 25: Dhabas, A Love Story
Chapter 26: The Sikh Age
Chapter 27: The Third Wave, Now
Part 7: The Safar, The Journey, And Now
Chapter 28: And Now
Chapter 29: London, Our People, and Our Safar
Notes
Index
About the Author
