English study trip, March 2008
Multicultural Cheddar?
This public phonebox stood out somewhat amongst the rest of the street furniture in the village of Cheddar. Who would use it nowadays? First generation British Asian pensioners phoning their second (or third) generation aspirant Bollywood stars? Could just as well phone Ealing:
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainmen...
Incidentally, the 2008 Indian film awards were held in Sheffield, north England, but the International Indian Film Academy awards were held in Bangkok. The abbreviation "BBA" ( meaning "British-born Asian") only gets one hit on Google, perhaps for the simple reason that that they are Britons first and foremost. BBCs may stand for "British-born Chinese" but more likely "Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science". The price of a phone call is not too difficult to establish, but the offer represents a 60% saving:
www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/consumerProducts/...
Then again perhaps life in Karachi IS simply more appealing. At least in Karachi, claims Mohammed Hanif, author of 'A Case of Exploding Mangoes' and after twelve years resident in London more Karachiite than 'Londoni', "no one ever talks about the weather":
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/pakistan.healthandwe...
Multicultural Cheddar?
This public phonebox stood out somewhat amongst the rest of the street furniture in the village of Cheddar. Who would use it nowadays? First generation British Asian pensioners phoning their second (or third) generation aspirant Bollywood stars? Could just as well phone Ealing:
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainmen...
Incidentally, the 2008 Indian film awards were held in Sheffield, north England, but the International Indian Film Academy awards were held in Bangkok. The abbreviation "BBA" ( meaning "British-born Asian") only gets one hit on Google, perhaps for the simple reason that that they are Britons first and foremost. BBCs may stand for "British-born Chinese" but more likely "Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science". The price of a phone call is not too difficult to establish, but the offer represents a 60% saving:
www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/consumerProducts/...
Then again perhaps life in Karachi IS simply more appealing. At least in Karachi, claims Mohammed Hanif, author of 'A Case of Exploding Mangoes' and after twelve years resident in London more Karachiite than 'Londoni', "no one ever talks about the weather":
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/pakistan.healthandwe...