Book on Sikh heritage in Pakistan launched in Singapore

A book on the Sikh heritage in Pakistan has been launched here, highlighting the legacy of the community that was left behind following the partition.
The 500-page book, by financial services executive-turned author Amardeep Singh, is his personal journey.
Singh travelled through West Punjab, Northwest Frontier and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir covering the rich history of the Sikhs, while in search of his roots of origin and the loss of his extended family in the massacre.
Professor Tan Tai Yong launched the book 'Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan' as he highlighted the magnitude of the migration -- 4.5 million Sikhs and Hindus uprooted from their homes in West Punjab and moved east while 5.5 million Muslims went in the opposite direction to Pakistan.

The boundary lines drawn based on a report by Cyril Redcliffe resulted in the world's biggest migration of Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims, as they were uprooted from their ancestral homes, leaving behind valuable land and heritage, Tan said.
"With this exodus came the emergence of the Sikh diaspora," Tan said yesterday.
"Many of the sites featured in this book are probably unknown to younger generations of Sikhs living in the diaspora," he said, pointing out that numerous of these sites have been forgotten and are falling into serious disrepair.