She admits she was not a typical Indian girl. She says there used to be a Poppy Day with celebrations and street parties, and she took charge of her college float, basing it on the Paris cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. She got people to chant:"A shilling a kiss, a bob for two." Men would jump on the lorry and get a kiss, she says, shaking her head and smiling.
She praised the community for its family values, hard work and entrepreneurial spirit. Local and national press were fascinated by Pramila."I think it was an oddball interest… they asked me, 'Is this tokenism?' I remember saying, 'What's wrong with it?' Someone has to start somewhere." Her father was from northern India, growing up near the borders of the North-West Frontier and she says she could almost speak their dialect. Even though she was Hindu and they were Muslim, the affinity was instantaneous, she says."It was like striking a match." She mostly spent time with the women. They knew what she ate, she would speak to them about clothes, jewellery, arranged marriages,"girly stuff".
That year, six were elected at once - five from the Labour Party, and Conservative Priti Patel representing Witham, Essex Pramila admits it was tough canvassing in a Labour stronghold. She remembers that it was a time of huge unemployment. She recalls going to homes in the tower blocks around the Bullring area. People were at home she says because they didn't have jobs."And you got abuse because Thatcher wasn't flavour of the day." There were even death threats. She admits she also got abuse for being non-white, though she doesn't like to dwell on it.
Fascinating story, to this day Birmingham Ladywood is a Labour stronghold with ShabanaMahmood of South Asian heritage too
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