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Oxford University Press From South Asia to North America by Syed Habib Ahmed
This is the story of a South Asian who lived and worked during the latter half of the 20th century in India and Pakistan, and later in North America. The book provides an interesting account of the lifestyle, customs and mores of a middle class family in pre-partition Delhi, and of a man's journey from a modest background in India to the higher echelons of the United Nations. The book ends with a portrayal of the pleasures and travails of retirement for an Asian immigrant to the West.show more