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balti britain a journey through the british asian experience
weaving an informative travelogue with an illuminating autobiography this account combines the history of asians in great britain with the authors personal recollections . from the arrival of the first indian in 1614 to the young extremists in walthamstow mosque in 2006 this portrait conveys a vivid and rich chronicle of a peoples past . the authors own life is also explored describing his carefree childhood in pakistan his familys emigration to a racist britain in the 1950s and his adulthood straddling two cultures . authentic and strikingly honest this record also considers vital questions such as are arranged marriages a good thing does the term asian obscure more than it conveys do vindaloo and balti actually exist and is multiculturalism an impossible dream
paperback granta books 2009 isbn13 9781847080820 isbn10 1847080820
abridged n isbn 13 9781847080820 number in series 1 number of pages 392 publisher granta books release date 62135769600000