From South Asia to North America

This book is an absorbing and romantic description of the life of a South Asian in India, Pakistan, and North America. The author presents a picturesque account of the lifestyle, customs and mores of three generations of a middle class family in Delhi. Syed Habib Ahmed also writes about the partition of the Indian subcontinent and his own migration to Pakistan, and a year later to the US where he worked with the UN. The author gives a fascinating, insider’s description of UN practices and operations, both at the headquarters and out on UN field missions while visiting many countries of South and East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The book concludes with a portrayal of the pleasures and travails of retirement in the life of an Asian immigrant to the West.