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World Service,21 Aug 1999,28 mins

Southall: The Rai Family

Lives And Times

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Anjeet Rai from Southall, West London, came over from Punjab in the 1950s, and helped put this Asian community on the map. Two of his sons are lawyers, living in the well-to-do suburbs nearby. The show meets the family, and discusses how living in Southall feels very different, more family-orientated and lively, than the more reserved suburban lives the sons lead now.

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