ПОМОГИТЕ СОКРАТИТЬ ТЕКСТ,   Growing up a British Asian   I was born in a town called Blackburn, in the north-west of England, and lived  there till I left.  My parents had to England from India during the 70s.   As a child, I w...

ПОМОГИТЕ СОКРАТИТЬ ТЕКСТ,    Growing up a British Asian    I was born in a town called Blackburn, in the north-west of England, and lived  there till I left.  My parents had to England from India during the 70s.   As a child, I went to my local school and, of course I spoke English with a local accent, just like all the other kids. But home was very different; we lived in a kind of 'little India', with a huge extended family of uncles and aunts, I feeling part of this big thing called 'family', and an even bigger thing called 'India'. I suppose my family really influenced me while I had was growing up. They often used to talk about India as 'home' - even though at that time I had never been there!    To me, it doesn't seem at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I've always thought  that growing up with two cultures is a gift, not a disadvantage. Now that I have a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Indian roots too, so we're planning a visit there later this year. All her Indian cousins are looking forward to meeting her!