yeah. when i came over, i still regarded myself as indian because of the way we were living and the language and so on. later on, i probably thought, well, i m more sort of like a british indian, rather than english english, because there always seemed to be somebody telling me that i m not english. right. for me, learning punjabi growing up made it much easier for me to feel connected to the punjabi part of myself in my life. growing up in leicester, there was a sizeable south asian presence. you didn t actually have as many sort of run ins with overt racism until your late teens, early adult life. what was the effect? what did it feel like? well, itjust felt, ok, now i know that, you know, i am not english english. no matter what i do, how eloquently, fluently i speak english, you know,
and so on. later on, i probably thought, well, i m more sort of like a british indian, rather than english english, because there always seemed to be somebody telling me that i m not english. right. for me, learning punjabi growing up made it much easier for me to feel connected to the punjabi part of myself in my life. growing up in leicester, there was a sizeable south asian presence. you didn t actually have as many sort of run ins with overt racism until your late teens, early adult life. what was the effect? what did it feel like? well, itjust felt, ok, now i know that, you know, i am not english english. no matter what i do, how eloquently, fluently i speak english, you know, i m not going to be english. it s really interesting
later on, i probably thought, well, i m more sort of like a british indian, rather than english english, because there always seemed to be somebody telling me that i m not english. right. for me, learning punjabi growing up made it much easier for me to feel connected to the punjabi part of myself in my life. growing up in leicester, there was a sizeable south asian presence. you didn t actually have as many sort of run ins with overt racism until your late teens, early adult life. what was the effect? what did it feel like? well, itjust felt, ok, now i know that, you know, i am not english english. no matter what i do, how eloquently, fluently i speak english, you know, i m not going to be english. it s really interesting that my dad identifies very specifically as british indian. because that s not how i feel, but i totally understand. he s of the generation
seems to be somebody telling me that i m not english. for me, learning punjabi growing up made it much easier for me to feel connected to the punjabi part of myself in my life. growing up in leicester, there was a sizeable south asian presence. you didn t actually have as many sort of run ins with overt racism until your late teens, early adult life. what was the effect? what did it feel like? well, itjust felt, ok, now i know that, you know, i am not english english. no matter what i do, how eloquently, fluently i speak english, you know, i m not going to be english. it s really interesting that my dad identifies very specifically as british indian. because that s not how i feel, but i totally understand. he s of the generation that really had to fight for survival. do you think it s easier for me