![]() ![]() ![]() The title tells volumes about the migrant speaker’s nostalgic longing for the meals of “home.” The visit to the Lahore Karhai in Great Britain on Sundays is described as a pilgrimage sanctifying her endeavour to reconnect with her roots. As the poet brings in a day at the Lahore Karhai, Wembley, a famous hot cuisine for a Pakistani, she feels a great nostalgia erupt from within her. ![]() Imtiaz Dharker’s poem “ At the Lahore Karhai” is analysed as a representation of an immigrant’s nostalgia for home, explored through the metaphor of food. Her daughter Ayesha Dharker (whose father is Anil Dharker) is an actress who has appeared in foreign films, television shows, and on the stage. She sees herself as a “Scottish Muslim Calvinist,” having been adopted by India and married into the Welsh family. Dharker works in London, Wales, and Mumbai. She was married to Simon Powell, the founder of Poetry Live, who died in October 2009 after a battle with cancer for eleven years. She was raised in Glasgow, where her family relocated when she was a baby. Dharker was born to Pakistani parents in the city of Lahore, Punjab. ![]()
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