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Article: Patel is not just a name, it's a whole way of life
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2009
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But Western ways are weakening traditional ties for UK Gujaratis
Radio Meet the Patels Radio 4
They sound like the British National Party's dream: hard-working
and aspirational, socially cohesive, big on family values. But just
one thing might stop them being BNP boss Nick Griffin's new best
friends - they hail from Gujarat in India. There are now around a
quarter of a million Patels in Britain and they're not doing badly:
I don't know if unemployment stats have been calculated, but I can't
imagine that many are signing on. If your name's Patel, you're seven
times more likely to be a millionaire than if it's Smith.
Clare Jenkins began her sprightly investigation into the people
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