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Dear Britain, The Second Time, It Took 40 Hours – Part Two of Two
I am at a traffic light, absent-mindedly drumming my fingers on the steering wheel, when a hand pops into my peripheral vision from the left. An index finger points at…
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Dear Britain, The First Time Was A Shortcut – Part One of Two
24 years ago, my 18-year-old self strode purposefully into a government office building in South Delhi. In trying to match the long, confident strides of the man I accompanied, I…
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Dear Britain, I Am An Immigrant
I am an immigrant. It’s not an easy label to wear and embrace. Especially today when people are able to spew their unfiltered thoughts onto social media walls. When politicians…
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Dear Britain, Let Me Take You Somewhere
Let me take you somewhere today, dear Britain. Somewhere far from your green hills, grassy moors and grey skies. To a balmy summer evening in 2014. We are in Gurugram…
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Dear Britain, It’s January 2017
It is late January 2017, and I am in the back of a cab on a motorway I do not yet know the name of. Outside, the sporadically placed lamps…
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Dear Britain, It’s Christmas
You look and feel so different at this time of year. It’s as if the winter veil of gloom is lifted — buffeted by Christmas lights…





