Edited by Meeta Kaur and published in 2014, this volume contains a series of short ‘love’ stories written by a variety of Sikh-American women. The book was a result of the Sikh Love Stories Project: an initiative that endeavoured to start ‘a critical and expansive dialogue on love for Sikhs as a state of mind, the way we live, our life purpose, and what the Guru’s intended.’ The individual tales are not all ‘boy meets girl’ love stories as we traditionally think of them, but instead they explore love and its interactions with the Sikh faith of the authors. Love appears to shape and sustain a diverse range of relationships: between lovers, a child and her parents, a young woman and her hometown, an activist and their community, and a Sikh and their Guru – to name but a few themes.

It is a deeply moving and at times, entertaining book, which gives a rich insight into the experiences of Sikh women of all ages. Although written by Sikh-Americans, there is much in there that Sikh women (and those of other minority communities) living around the world can relate to. It is so refreshing to hear the genuine and unapologetic voices of Sikh women speaking out about how they choose to live their lives – how often do we get to hear that in any form of media?