The Wulfranian and the Punjabi: Conflict, Identity and Adaptation

Abstract

Over the last twenty years a significant number of Punjabis have migrated from the Punjab of India to the West Midlands of England. This has led to the formiation of a Punjabi community in the heart of tile British Midlands. The focus of this paper is on the history of the migration, the British attempt to resist their settlement and the mechanisms employed by the migrants to maintain their ethnic identity in an increasingly hostile host society.