The book describes the experiences of an Indian born American woman of Leicester in UK which has over 65000 Indians. The articles are in the form of letters to her children back in USA and gives anecdotes and personal experiences. It is a lively oral history of the changing face of Indian culture in Britain. Urmila tells the readers about her personal experience (with anecdotes) about her complex roles as a college student, daily shopper, library-user, guest-house resident, conference participant, gurudwara visitor, mosque visitor, tunnel traveler and visiting faculty wife. It is written in the format of a series of letters to her son and daughter in America. The book includes insights about the Indian sub-culture of Leicester including her observations about the changing overseas Indian Culture in Britain.