Gurpreet Singh
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While the coroner prepares to look into the circumstances that led to the deaths of three farm workers last week, a novel by a prominent Punjabi author gives insight into conditions faced by farm workers in the Lower Mainland.

Surrey resident Jarnail Singh Sekha authored Duniya Kaisi Hoyi, a Punjabi novel first published in 1997 and again in 2002.

Based on his personal experience as a farm worker, the novel is more like a documentary. Sekha feels that even 10 years after he wrote his novel, there has been no change in the condition of farm workers.