Backing from the RCMP, community groups, universities. The book is presented as a historical scrapbookwith beautifully realised, photo-realisticartwork. Framing the history is a graphicnovel story about a teenage boy, in SurreyBC, caught up in drug gangs. He rethinks hischoices after his 95 year old great grandfathercomes to visit the family in Canada. His storiesof their past, and seeing him reunited with aCanadian soldier his great grandfather savedduring WW2 opens up a different path to livehis life. Why are certain histories covered, discussed, and inquired about, while others remainhidden? Going beyond the old tropes of colonisedhistories this book presents the Indo-Canadian community's pioneer experiencewithin the events leading to the ejection ofthe Komagata Maru from Canadian waters inJuly 1914 and the subsequent outbreak of theGreat War in August 1914. Canada has a proudGreat War record, and its achievements will becelebrated during WW1 centennial commemorations. However, the story of a longstandingPunjabi-Canadian community that fought forwestern civilisation & the British Empire, sideby side with Canadians and under the sameflag, has gone untold. Punjabi soldiers playeda pivotal role in the opening months of thewar in France & Belgium. A great book tointroduce Canadian youth to a more inclusivelook at our history. | Duty Honour & Izzat by Steven Purewal, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters