Harbhajan Singh Khalsa discussing the successes of Sikhs who had migrated from India to the West, including Surjit Kaur's "Among the Sikhs: Reaching for the Stars" and Gurmukh Singh's "The Global Indian: The Sikhs". Harbhajan Singh Khalsa died of complications of heart failure at his home in Española, New Mexico, on October 6, 2004, aged 75. He was survived by his wife, sons, daughter and five grandchildren. His passing was widely noted in the press, with obituaries appearing in "The Los Angeles Times", the "Times of India", "The New York Times", and "Yoga Journal". In addition, Singh's passing was noted by the Shiromani
Harbhajan Singh again seeking their first series win on Indian soil since 1969 in the late 2004 home series. Harbhajan took 5/146 in the first innings and 6/78 in the second innings in addition to making a run out to reduce Australia from 103/3 to 228 all out. Despite this, India required 457 in their second innings to win, slumping to 125/8 before Harbhajan (42) and Irfan Pathan helped India to reach 239 after a rearguard counter-attack, still a 217-run loss. Harbhajan was less effective in the drawn Second Test in Chennai, with match figures of 5/198, which was washed out with