In Search Of Roots

Guru Nanak Dev founded the Sikh religion when Mughal rule in India was flourishing. Against much resistance and violence, he influenced many Hindus to convert to the new religion largely through its doctrine of caste equality. The third Guru, Amar Das Bhalla, took his legacy forward and intorduced reforms for the emancipation of women and the lower castes. In Search of Roots traces the lineage of the Kharti Bhallas (Sikhs and Hindus) to the third Guru and examines whether his teachings, and those of the earlier Gurus, were followed in practice by his descendants.


Dr Bhalla is a Special Professor at the University of Nottingham (UK). He is a former Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (UK) and former Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Cangada. Earlier, he had a distinguished carrer in the United Nations Civil Service. He also held academic positions at world renowned universities like Oxford, Yale and Manchester. He is the author/editor of eighteen books.