Story of a Curry King . . . Hot Off the Press He Came to Glasgow Aged Nine. He Is Now Worth Gbp15m. Charan Gill Prepares to Reveal All
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SHIVERING in the chill of the morning, a boy stands on the tarmac at GlasgowAirport staring at the man who says he is his father. But this person is unrecognisable. The flowing beard and turban are gone; his hair is uncovered, short and slicked back.
"It took me a moment to recognise him, " smiles business tycoon Charan Gill. "My dad met us off the plane from India. He'd moved to Glasgow ahead of us to find work and wouldn't have got his job as a bus conductor unless he cut off his hair. It was a rule back then, and a huge sacrifice for any Sikh."See the full content of this document
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Story of a Curry King . . . Hot Off the Press He Came to Glasgow Aged Nine. He Is Now Worth Gbp15m. Charan Gill Prepares to Reveal All
It was 1963 when Gill arrived in Glasgow, aged nine. His family had quit the farmlands of the Punjab to forge a better life. Now that small boy is wo...
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