![]() ![]() Manny's older brothers appear to him to glory in their ignorance while his father is a hypocritical, violent drunk. He has nothing in common with his brothers or parents. From the age of 13 he has found that the values of the Leicester Punjabi community from which he comes have little relevance to him. On the morning of his marriage, which also happens to be the morning of his 17th birthday, Manny looks back on his rebellious teenage years. ![]() A wedding that I hadn't asked for, to a girl who I didn't know. Waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding-my wedding. But at least they were warm compared to the biting wind that was kicking up outside in the car park - where my two brothers Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me. The toilets in the motorway service station at Leicester Forest East stank of disinfectant. A moving story of alienation and identity, (Un)arranged Marriage follows teenager Manny as he struggles to maintain his links to his family and live his own life. ![]()
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