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