Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

I grew up on American pop culture so everything that I fantasized about to get out of this sort of humdrum world of Bradford was about America. So when we decided to move there I was on the plane.

I said we are Ghodratis and there's nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain.

I was born in India - but never really lived there.

You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.