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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,
London
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and his parents were first-generation
Punjabi immigrants. Dhaliwal was born a
Sikh and state-school educated before going on to the
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
, chancellor ...
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 ''
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 ''