ABSTRACT
Of about a million Sikhs abroad, over three-quarters live in just three countries; namely, Britain, Canada and the United States. For a community of 16 million, the proportion of overseas Sikhs is strikingly high, far above that of any other group, except Gujaratis and Mirpuris. No other province has exported so many of its people abroad, especially during the past three decades. The fact this emigration has taken place from a small tract of central districts in the contemporary Punjab lends support to the thesis of a drainage of human resources at an astonishing rate, given that the region itself was on the threshold of massive economic transformation due to the “green revolution” and started importing labour from neighbouring provinces.
