Out of the Third World: A memoir of my time in England from 1967-1976

When Ashok, a shy and impressionable 18-year old Indian student from East Africa goes to England in 1967 with the ambition to become a medical doctor, his enormous challenges of British English comprehension and difficult pre-medical school studies are compounded by the adversity he faces during a tumultuous period in British politics, triggered by an apocalyptic-sounding speech, dubbed "The River of Blood," delivered by Enoch Powell, a prominent British politician, on April 20, 1968, harsh...