the complex of little red-brick terraced ‘kitchen houses’ that earned the Clonard area the nickname ‘little India’. Bombay Street, Cawnpore Street, Kashmir Road, Lucknow Street, are the sort of names one sees on the street signs, ghosts from an imperial past that returned to haunt those London decision-takers, and their satraps, who found themselves dealing with the detritus of empire. For ‘little India’ is also one of the Belfast IRA’s heartlands. There can be few families in the district who have not had one or more relatives involved. A casual check in a pub, or with a family, will
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