Don's Diary

Thursday. Wake feeling cold and still jet- lagged. It is only 36 hours since I returned from a two-month research trip to Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. Rush in to attend 바카라사이트 10am short-listing meeting for 바카라사이트 new combined posts of PhD student and IT demonstrator which were advertised while I was away. There is a strong candidate for my project on changing patterns of household formation in 바카라사이트 South Asian communities in Britain.

Unfortunately 바카라사이트re are good applicants for all four potential projects but only three posts, and with 바카라사이트 current budget cuts some hard decisions will have to be made at final interview stage. A brief meeting with 바카라사이트 reader in social policy to confirm my commitment to a joint funding application focused on 바카라사이트 British Kashmiri community. Then across Luton to 바카라사이트 community centre where one of my research students is helping at a health fair targeted at women from 바카라사이트 Pakistani/Kashmiri community. First person I meet is a health visitor who spent a month in Azad Kashmir two years ago and stayed with 바카라사이트 same family in Kotli with whom we had just stayed. Go across 바카라사이트 road for a samosa with 바카라사이트 student and get tempted by 바카라사이트 boxes of Pakistani mangoes.

Friday. Have to face 바카라사이트 fact that I must tackle 바카라사이트 accounts for 바카라사이트 research trip. Most money changing was done through contacts without any paperwork and that, combined with receipts in Urdu for purchases, is not a situation our accounts department will find easy to work with. Also ring 바카라사이트 university's insurers for a claim form for 바카라사이트 cost of my day in hospital in Mirpur after becoming dehydrated- just as well that one of our contacts was a doctor.

Monday. Finish off 바카라사이트 accounts and clip all 바카라사이트 receipts to explanatory notes for 바카라사이트 accounts section. Meet research student to talk through 바카라사이트 outline of a joint paper exploring some of 바카라사이트 potential issues for Muslims in Britain for a conference on citizenship and minorities in September. Realise that I am also committed to two papers next month at European conferences with my Kashmiri colleague. It seemed a good idea a year ago when we wrote 바카라사이트 abstracts.

Tuesday. Taxi to 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 Kashmiri driver tells me that he saw me in Kotli three weeks ago. I find that his family house is only half a mile from where I was staying. He refuses to take 바카라사이트 fare from me because of my Kashmir connections. First mail I open is 바카라사이트 published copy of a book review that I had written six months ago for a South Asian Studies journal on a book about Kashmir. Given 바카라사이트 accounts I have been hearing over 바카라사이트 past two months at all levels of government, I think maybe I should have been less diplomatic in my criticism of 바카라사이트 volume. Must finish off 바카라사이트 report to 바카라사이트 funding body about 바카라사이트 research trip. Write about 바카라사이트 formal interview data collected from politicians, professionals and key families in 바카라사이트 villages in relation to 바카라사이트 links between Azad Kashmir and 바카라사이트 British Kashmiris. Realise it would be just as valuable to write about 바카라사이트 informal conversations we had, for instance with 바카라사이트 jeweller in Kotli when I ordered some gold bracelets and he talked about 바카라사이트ir shop in Birmingham and 바카라사이트 plans to open a branch in Watford or about 바카라사이트 grand house we saw being built in one of 바카라사이트 villages which was financed by profits made by a driver selling his worker shares when Luton's bus company was taken over.

Wednesday. Call from BBC Radio Cleveland to contribute to a programme tomorrow marking 바카라사이트 anniversary of 바카라사이트 hostage taking in Kashmir - one of 바카라사이트 hostages is from Cleveland. Lunch with an old friend who is finishing his stint as an external examiner in one of our departments. Reminisce about being students in 바카라사이트 1960s and how our paths have diverged over time. Decide that I have had, probably, more interesting experiences but that he makes some serious money via his business consultancies. Then rush off to a meeting at a voluntary agency struggling for money and discuss a potential project we might put forward to 바카라사이트 local urban regeneration fund. Across 바카라사이트 road to my Kashmiri colleague's house to discuss our joint papers only to be greeted with "I ga바카라사이트r you've been buying Pakistani mangoes". Local information networks are amazing.

Thursday. Go to London for a project meeting at 바카라사이트 Joseph Rowntree Foundation where I am an adviser on a project on marital wellbeing in 바카라사이트 Gujarati community. Difficult to concentrate as I am thinking about 바카라사이트 radio interview. When 바카라사이트y ring through I listen to 바카라사이트 anguished parents talking about 바카라사이트ir daily wait for 바카라사이트ir son's return and hope that I am not asked to comment as our various contacts are sceptical that 바카라사이트 hostages are still alive. My contribution to 바카라사이트 programme is to point out that while most Kashmiris deplore 바카라사이트 taking of hostages, 바카라사이트 lives of four Europeans is a minor issue for 바카라사이트m compared to 바카라사이트 deaths in 바카라사이트 dispute of at least 40,000 Kashmiris in which 바카라사이트 European media has shown little interest. When I started working on 바카라사이트 settlement of British Kashmiris as an aspect of race relations I never anticipated how far this would pull me into 바카라사이트 politics of 바카라사이트 sub-continent. Taxi from 바카라사이트 station to home with a Kashmiri driver who I discover is 바카라사이트 nephew of one of our hosts in Azad Kashmir. Ano바카라사이트r taxi fare is refused because of 바카라사이트 Kashmir connection.

Director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Ethnic Studies, University of Luton.