Sadhu Singh Dhami, an essayist and novelist, was born in Piplanwala village, Hoshiarpur, in Punjab, India in 1906. In 1922, he migrated to Canada, where along with other Sikh/Punjabi labor migrants, he began working in the timber mills. Encouraged by his older companions, he enrolled in a public school and became the first Punjabi to complete high school in British Columbia. After that, he completed his graduation and eventually earned a Ph.D. on John Dewey, the American philosopher, from the University of Toronto in 1937. From 1937 to 1942, he was employed to deliver lectures in Philosophy and Psychology to the Workers’ Educational Association of Canada. From 1942 to 1966, he worked at the International Labour Office in Geneva. Postretirement, he returned to settle down in Vancouver. He passed away at the age of 91 on February 23, 1997. Dhami was married to Ida Dhami; they had one child, a daughter. Throughout his life, Dhami cherished freedom and rights, frequently taking a stand in his numerous writings. A committed trade unionist, he was a relentless advocate of immigrants’ rights, a crusader against fascism, and a steadfast campaigner for the independence of India. Above all, as his writings demonstrate, he remained connected to his roots even as he readily adapted to the new world around him.