Like many villages in Punjab, fame and fortune in the agricultural hamlet of Gonsgarh is closely linked to its sons and daughters who have made their homes in Canada.

Located outside the industrial metropolis of Ludhiana, Gonsgarh’s affluence is plain to see.

Money from overseas has built posh homes and villas while the roads leading to the village are unlike the dusty dirt tracks in neighbouring communities.

Nearly half of the 40 households that make up Gonsgarh have kin in Canada. Land here is worth about C$75,000 an acre.