Balti Britain: A Journey Through the British Asian ExperienceA humane, sharp and witty perspective on the experience of being a British Asian. |
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Page 93
... arrived . Chunak Chacha hugged every member of the family one by one , and drove off . We never saw him again . I remember we returned to Sahiwal , and my father announced his decision to leave for England . Why England and not the ...
... arrived . Chunak Chacha hugged every member of the family one by one , and drove off . We never saw him again . I remember we returned to Sahiwal , and my father announced his decision to leave for England . Why England and not the ...
Page 95
... arrived in a dark , cold and frosty London , my mother shepherding her three children to a new life in which prejudice was to play a major part . When Asians first arrived in the migratory waves of the 1950s and early 60s , their ...
... arrived in a dark , cold and frosty London , my mother shepherding her three children to a new life in which prejudice was to play a major part . When Asians first arrived in the migratory waves of the 1950s and early 60s , their ...
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... arrived and I saw them arrest four Asian youths . No white youths were arrested . I met two young Pakistanis who refused to give their names . They were members of ' Combat 786 ' ( numerical value for ' In the name of God ' ) , they ...
... arrived and I saw them arrest four Asian youths . No white youths were arrested . I met two young Pakistanis who refused to give their names . They were members of ' Combat 786 ' ( numerical value for ' In the name of God ' ) , they ...
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