For The Tribune (Magazine Section) | October 24, 1976 Republished in The Statesman | January 2, 1977 We were standing at the bar sipping pints of bitter. The pub was rather special. Indian owned and Indian patronized, "The Oxford" stood in the seedy harbour front area of Southampton. The area around it was peopled by working class Indian immigrants. We were there because I had persuaded my host, to show me this symbol of the Indian presence. The pub was as run down as t

For The Tribune (Magazine Section) | June 13, 1971 “There they sit”! cried my guide excitedly as we spied a group of old men sitting on a park bench in Southall. His voice had the thrill of one who had spotted a covey of partridges in a Punjab field during a winter shoot. “They are here every day without fail at exactly the same time. You could set your watch by their arrival.” We parked the car and walked over towards them in the summer sunshine. On other benches spread in