How Long to Read For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story

How Long Does it Take to Read For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story by Lalita Gandbhir

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The epic saga of a Sikh family whose lives are violently disrupted and their loyalties divided by the partition of British India in the 1940s, and again by the Sikh community's struggle for a separate nation of Khalistan in the 1980s. At late middle age, Bhajan - a wife, mother, and loyal daughter - has always enjoyed a charmed and well-to-do existence in an idyllic hamlet of West Punjab. But when partition is announced in the summer of 1947, her father and brother are brutally murdered and her family forced off their ancestral lands in a wave of anti-Hindu/Sikh violence. As the terror escalates, the whole family flees Pakistan for India, except for Bhajan's strong-willed son, who insists on staying behind to defend the family's homes, lands and honor. In India, the bereaved family haltingly forges new lives for themselves, establishing a family business and eventually eking out a comfortable - even prosperous - living. Children assimilate and marry. But in the early eighties, when a separatist movement for an independent Sikh homeland takes root in India, old divisions reemerge to tear the family apart. A powerful story, evoking the bonds of family, the lure of fanaticism, and the refugee's perennial ache for homeland.

How long is For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story?

For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story by Lalita Gandbhir is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story aloud.

What Reading Level is For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story?

For Homeland: A Sikh Refugee Story is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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