Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974) is a British writer and
journalist
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, mostly writing for ''
The Telegraph
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Australia
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'' and ''
The Sun''.
Early life
Dhaliwal was born in
Greenford
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Greenford is served by Greenford Station (Lo ...
,
London
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and his parents were first-generation
Punjabi immigrants. Dhaliwal was born a
Sikh
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and state-school educated before going on to the
University of Nottingham
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to read English and American literature.
[Victoria Summersley and Johann Har]
"Liz and Nirpal: The last argument"
''The Independent'', 26 May 2007
Personal life
In 2000, while working as a radio journalist for the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...
''. They married in 2002 and divorced in 2007. He wrote about the relationship in ''
'' in July 2021: "Our marriage was doomed from our wedding day: an occasion I felt swindled into, having never proposed. She arranged it without my knowledge." In her ''
by retrieving the contents of a used condom in an attempt to become pregnant.
Dhaliwal's first novel ''Tourism'' was published in 2006 and received mixed reviews. Described as 'brilliant' in ''The Daily Telegraph'',
thought it was 'touched with genius'.
Dhaliwal works as a freelance journalist, based in London, having resided for a while in New Delhi. He writes for ''
'' and extensively for the Indian and international press.