Harry Sidhu is the Leonardo da Vinci of the Indian community in Los Angeles. He’s been a mechanical engineer, a private pilot, a fund raiser, a philanthropist, an entrepreneur, a politician, a community worker and an actor. Is there something he cannot do? Abdulgani (Ganibhai) Shaikh could have happily earned a living selling buffalo milk all his life but pursued academics. The first to earn an engineering degree in his community, he became a distinguished aerospace engineer in the West Coast of the USA.

The list of high performers runs long, and it is not possible to put all the names here. In their own ways each one profiled in this book has left a mark. If the community is a ship, they are all captains.

Finally, no amount of praise can be adequate for Mr Inder Singh. But for his inspiring vision, extraordinary patience and abundant drive, this book would have remained in the mind.

Sayantan Chakravarty

Publisher

April 2017