The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab - Marina Wheeler (Boris Johnson's ex wife)

[puzzled]

10 hours ago, ChardikalaUK said:

Get ready for the obligatory episode of Who Do You Think You Are on BBC1.

She'll probably uncover the usual Jewish roots.

The Anita Rani one was so cringe. She was bleating like a goat when the baba told her how Sikhs killed their own daughters and sister to save them from getting raped and kidnapped, almost blaming the baba and Sikhs for what they had to do. And she ended the show with mentioning how the Ganges is a holy river for millions of Hindus and Sikhs. 

A lot of these coconuts are just cringe to watch when they talk about their "roots" and "heritage" i normally end up changing the channel. 

[dallysingh101]

Happy with your whiteboy Marina?

[MisterrSingh]

So, what's the take away from Wheeler's book (since I won't be reading it)? More modern Sikh hand-wringing about how Muslims were killed, or something a little less pandering and subversive?

[Premi5]

On 11/14/2020 at 1:15 AM, dallysingh101 said:

Happy with your whiteboy Marina?

Given she probably grew up in a very 'white', upper class environment, what type of man were you expecting her to marry ?

 

[Ranjeet01]

9 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

Given she probably grew up in a very 'white', upper class environment, what type of man were you expecting her to marry ?

 

A bit of rough! A real bad boy from the streets!

[MisterrSingh]

7 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

Given she probably grew up in a very 'white', upper class environment, what type of man were you expecting her to marry ?

[puzzled]

 

He's tried the Hindu look as well

[MisterrSingh]

If we ever get invaded by an intergalactic race of two-headed bug men, politicians would want to grow a second head in order to get their vote. Shameless.

[dallysingh101]

12 hours ago, Ranjeet01 said:

A bit of rough! A real bad boy from the streets!

Some coward who'd been hiding from Millwall boys since childhood perhaps? 

[dallysingh101]

12 hours ago, Premi5 said:

Given she probably grew up in a very 'white', upper class environment, what type of man were you expecting her to marry ?

 

It's her mum's fault I guess? Or maybe her grandfather's for trying to force her mum into an arranged marriage? What do you think?