UK-FOOD 2LST

Gwen John was working as a nurse at the Royal Gwent
Hospital in Newport, Wales, in the 1950s, when she met Pratip
Majumdar, a surgeon who had come to Wales to train. The pair
fell in love and married, and Gwen later moved to India with
Majumdar.

After spending some years in India, the couple
returned to the UK and their son Simon was born in Rotherham.
It was his mother's influence that ultimately led to
Majumdar's life-changing decision to travel the world on his
mission to "go everywhere and eat everything".

Simon said: "My mum became a talented cook of Bengali
food, which incorporates ingredients like river fish, but
fewer spices than other regional Indian cuisine. In the end,
the family all grew very close to my mother, and used to
explain her Welsh background away as reincarnation".

A publisher, Simon gave up his job and started on his
quest of "go everywhere, eat everything".

He said: "Looking back, I think I was having a bit of
a mid-life crisis. I had already turned 40, and my mourning
for mother made me reassess my hedonistic London lifestyle. I
found a note I'd written to myself listing all the things I
wanted to do before I turned 40, which included 'go
everywhere, eat everything', so that's what I decided to do,
and I handed in my notice the next day." PTI PS
DDC


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