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...wife had all of five rupees in her purse and not a word of English. It's no surprise, perhaps, that the youngest Manzoor boy, Sarfraz, grew up in a household that stressed self-reliance and hard work, with no thought of pleasure. It's equally unsurprising that Saf, as he styled himself, growing up in unglamorous Luton, just wanted to have...
...grass with a pair of scissors, while his brother slept on a hospital trolley bed, and the others all slept on the floor. His father got up at 7 a.m. and dressed for work even after he had been laid off by the local Vauxhall car plant. As for Saf, we meet him wearing pajamas under his trousers so he doesn't look so skinny, and planning a rock group called Yasser Arafat and the Ayatollahs of Love. The overwhelming impression is of a dark-skinned Woody Allen hoping to remake himself as a bruiser from New Jersey's Asbury...
There's nothing new about such tales of hardship and pop-culture dreaming, of course (Saf's older sister swoons to Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease). But in Manzoor's telling, every sigh comes with a different inflection. This is a boy who kisses the Koran before wishing for a ZX Spectrum computer, and was so innocent in adolescence that he thought a "blue movie" was one that made you cry. When he and his best friend, a Sikh, head off to their first Springsteen concert, they go armed with the vegetable samosas and chapatis their mothers have cooked...
...also discussed the increasing need for campus-wide social activities. Student members discussed an upcoming proposal to revamp the criteria for giving grants from the Student Activities Fund (SAF), which is administered jointly by the UC and the Dean’s office and supports non-alcoholic social events...
Largely through its Student Activities Fund (SAF), a $25,000 trust controlled by the Office of the Dean, the College has funneled thousands of dollars towards funding big-name acts like Bob Dylan, Busta Rhymes, and comedian Jim Breuer...