Born in India, I did my KPE at the City Primary School Nairobi and then attended Eastleigh Secondary from 1956 to 1959. My main sport was athletics and I won the Junior Victor Ludorum twice. I was the House captain for Zambesi in 1958/59; a class monitor, a school prefect and the scout troop leader.

After leaving school I worked with the Registrar of Motor Vehicles as a licensing officer. I married Gurdeep in 1965 and we have two sons Rashpaul and Narinder. I arrived in England in February 1968 and my first job was with Westminster City Council as a bonus calculator. I then worked with the L. B. of Lambeth as a senior payroll officer. In 1995, I took early retirement. I worked as an assistant sub-post master in a local post office from October 1996 to September 2003 and since then have enjoyed my retirement.

- As of October 2006