Balti Britain

A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Ziauddin Sardar ISBN: 9781847086846
Publisher: Granta Publications Publication: March 22, 2012
Imprint: Granta Books Language: English
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
ISBN: 9781847086846
Publisher: Granta Publications
Publication: March 22, 2012
Imprint: Granta Books
Language: English

Sardar travels to Asian communities throughout the UK to tell the history of Asians in Britain - from the arrival of the first Indian in 1614, to the young extremists in Walthamstow mosque in 2006. He interweaves throughout an illuminating account of his own life, describing his carefree childhood in Pakistan, his family's emigration to racist 1950s Britain, and his adulthood straddling two cultures. Along the way he asks: 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?

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Sardar travels to Asian communities throughout the UK to tell the history of Asians in Britain - from the arrival of the first Indian in 1614, to the young extremists in Walthamstow mosque in 2006. He interweaves throughout an illuminating account of his own life, describing his carefree childhood in Pakistan, his family's emigration to racist 1950s Britain, and his adulthood straddling two cultures. Along the way he asks: 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?

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