A first glance on the internet will summarise as a tourists’ paradise—the king’s guard mounted on majestic horses outside the palace gates, Big Ben keeping a watchful eye on folks off to work and serene Hyde Park where ducks waddle as they wait to be fed. What it will fall short of revealing is an intimate view of the city’s thriving boroughs that approach culture through the stories of the many migrants who call the British capital their home. Decades ago, somewhere from within its nooks and crannies bustling with merchants who packed in trade secrets from back home, a chicken tikka masala recipe became one of the city’s popular offerings.
Years later, this bolstered the confidence of a Nepali supper club to share its unique flavours with the city’s palate. London’s changing demographic has slowly but surely made space in its many spheres of life. A Tamil model takes the microphone to represent brownness in fashion circles that were once trained to acknowledge a single shade card.
Indian-origin curators are holding court on the boards of major museums. Here, some of London’s most stylish invite Vogue India to take a peek into their universe, and we couldn’t resist. Born in , Jhaveri never imagined his path would lead to the arts.
Having studied at Brown University with literary ambitions, he found himself drawn to the visual realms of film and art history in - stead, which prompted him to join the The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as its first cur.
