Comments on: Chinnee Kaur, My Mum

By: Laurent Beaulieu

Laurent Beaulieu — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:26:08 +0000

Thank you for this lovely story. I love your stories of the area and all the details you incorporate into them makes them very human.

By: Susan Elizabeth Martin

Susan Elizabeth Martin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:30:06 +0000

How wonderful the family sound. I shall order the book.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:26:24 +0000

We have a Sikh family living next door and they are very good neighbours to have. I listened to a BBC Radio 4 documentary a few years ago which told of the terrible events that occurred in the Punjab when the British left in India in 1947. It was told by a Sikh woman who was a child in one of the villages at the time. Far too awful to recount here but a moment of listening to such stories make you understand the reasons why people have to move away.

By: Esther Wilkinson Rank

Esther Wilkinson Rank — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:28:46 +0000

“It was a simple but hard-working life.”

Well that’s a huge understatement! I’d say your mother, father and family are the best of the best. Thank you for sharing this with us.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:33:17 +0000

When we lived in London my husband was the production manager at a factory near Southall which had a predominantly Sikh workforce. He really valued their company and they were very kind and generous, they’d return to India on holiday and bring gifts back for us. I have a set of carved wooden elephants in different sizes, they are like a little herd and I treasure them. They’ve been from London to Scotland and now Switzerland. We have a few Sikhs here and when I walk by the Rhein the men dip their heads and say good morning, afternoon or evening in German. My favourite restaurant here is owned by a Sikh family, it’s always visited by many Indians working here which tells you the food is excellent.

Coincidentally, one of my husband’s colleagues was the uncle of my dad’s local newsagent in Scotland, when we moved up there we then became friends with him.

Loved the part of the story about expectant mums being given Guinness, my granny used to tell me about this.

By: Miss Gherkin

Miss Gherkin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:15:10 +0000

What a wonderful piece of writing. It just oozes with warmth. Book ordered!

By: Jane Jones

Jane Jones — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:35:14 +0000

I love reading about this remarkable family and bought the book first time around. As this family knows, all good things must be shared, so I passed the book on to a friend, who loved it too. But, like a greedy person who doesn’t share their chocolates, and hasn’t learnt Chinnee Kaur’s lessons, I am buying it again to treasure and keep re-reading, not least because I want her recipes.

By: Sue Redmond

Sue Redmond — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:12:28 +0000

Loved reading this. What a wonderful lady.