Hanif Kureishi

It was quite tough and rough, but on the whole, my father was really pleased that he had come to Britain and given us the chance as his kids to grow up in Britain and to do well. He thought it was a great opportunity for us, and he believed that I, his son, could become a significant writer, you know, that the world was our oyster, there were opportunities in Britain.

It was quite tough and rough, but on the whole, my father was really pleased that he had come to Britain and given us the chance as his kids to grow up in Britain and to do well. He thought it was a great opportunity for us, and he believed that I, his son, could become a significant writer, you know, that the world was our oyster, there were opportunities in Britain.

And to be honest, he was right about that. I mean, when I was a young man, there were not many Asian artists in pop or photography or in the arts, people from South Asia at all. And there were certainly no writers, really, apart from V.S. Naipaul, writers of color who were successful in England. But we've changed it all, you know.

And to be honest, he was right about that. I mean, when I was a young man, there were not many Asian artists in pop or photography or in the arts, people from South Asia at all. And there were certainly no writers, really, apart from V.S. Naipaul, writers of color who were successful in England. But we've changed it all, you know.

And to be honest, he was right about that. I mean, when I was a young man, there were not many Asian artists in pop or photography or in the arts, people from South Asia at all. And there were certainly no writers, really, apart from V.S. Naipaul, writers of color who were successful in England. But we've changed it all, you know.

Other writers like Salman Rushdie and, of course, Sadie Smith and so on. And the whole scene has changed and opened out now. And there's been a huge unfurling of these really, really talented people from South Asia.

Other writers like Salman Rushdie and, of course, Sadie Smith and so on. And the whole scene has changed and opened out now. And there's been a huge unfurling of these really, really talented people from South Asia.

Other writers like Salman Rushdie and, of course, Sadie Smith and so on. And the whole scene has changed and opened out now. And there's been a huge unfurling of these really, really talented people from South Asia.

I think I responded to that in the way that I responded to my accident, really, which is in the only way that I knew how, which was to become a writer, which was to live through this stuff, to survive it, to suffer from it and find it painful and so on, which it is.

I think I responded to that in the way that I responded to my accident, really, which is in the only way that I knew how, which was to become a writer, which was to live through this stuff, to survive it, to suffer from it and find it painful and so on, which it is.

I think I responded to that in the way that I responded to my accident, really, which is in the only way that I knew how, which was to become a writer, which was to live through this stuff, to survive it, to suffer from it and find it painful and so on, which it is.

And then one day you find yourself writing a novel about it and you find yourself writing a novel that hasn't been written before in Britain called The Buddha of Suburbia. with material in it that is fresh and new and from a part of Britain that is undiscovered and so on.

And then one day you find yourself writing a novel about it and you find yourself writing a novel that hasn't been written before in Britain called The Buddha of Suburbia. with material in it that is fresh and new and from a part of Britain that is undiscovered and so on.

And then one day you find yourself writing a novel about it and you find yourself writing a novel that hasn't been written before in Britain called The Buddha of Suburbia. with material in it that is fresh and new and from a part of Britain that is undiscovered and so on.

So I think becoming a writer is a very good way, as it were, to organise and to think about your experience and not only that, to pass it on to other people for them to enjoy and to learn about their own country at the same time.

So I think becoming a writer is a very good way, as it were, to organise and to think about your experience and not only that, to pass it on to other people for them to enjoy and to learn about their own country at the same time.

So I think becoming a writer is a very good way, as it were, to organise and to think about your experience and not only that, to pass it on to other people for them to enjoy and to learn about their own country at the same time.

I guess I don't know whether other people feel like this or other men feel like this or whatever. But I really started to enjoy the kids when I could have grown up conversations with them. You know, as they started to get older and we could talk about sport or politics or literature and we started going to the movies together and so on, they were more like equals to me.

I guess I don't know whether other people feel like this or other men feel like this or whatever. But I really started to enjoy the kids when I could have grown up conversations with them. You know, as they started to get older and we could talk about sport or politics or literature and we started going to the movies together and so on, they were more like equals to me.

I guess I don't know whether other people feel like this or other men feel like this or whatever. But I really started to enjoy the kids when I could have grown up conversations with them. You know, as they started to get older and we could talk about sport or politics or literature and we started going to the movies together and so on, they were more like equals to me.