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The Migration Menu

Luke Heslop and James Staples

Journey from South Asia to West London through food as we explore migration, globalisation, entrepreneurship, and cultural heritage.In the series, Prof JamesStaplesand Dr Luke Heslop, anthropologists from Brunel University London, talk to restaurateurs and others about what food from their homeland means to them and why. They explore the rich array of culinary traditions that have made their way from South Asia and been made anew in West London, using food as an entry point to wider discussions

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37:50

Sathnam Sanghera and The Migration Menu

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2025/12/10

In this special episode, James and Luke interview acclaimed author and Times journalist Sathnam Sanghera in front of a live audience at the Guru Nanak Sikh Academy in Hayes**Starters** (01.14-02.49)A quick introduction to Sathnam Sanghera and his work ahead of our live-recording.**Mains** (02:50-30.58)James and Luke discover what Sathnam ate growing up in Wolverhampton in the early 1980s, the intriguing ways in which British influences affected Punjabi food in the diaspora, and why his mother

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35:58

Live From Moorgate: Entrepreneurs, COVID, and Food...

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2025/11/07

This week James and Luke were in Moorgate as panelists for 'The Gaze', organised by Middlesex University in collaboration with Small Business Research + Enterprise Centre and the HOMELandS Research Centre at the University of Westminster. They were there to discuss the often-hidden lives of immigrant food entrepreneurs in London. Through oral histories, memories and everyday business, the event explores how entrepreneurship becomes more than a means of survival. It is a way to build belonging,

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33:51

A Sweet Aftertaste with James and Luke

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2025/11/04

In this Episode James and Luke recap the series and answer some of the question and comments they have receieved throughout. They also reintroduce Sohini Banerjee and play a section of the Q&A from their sell out show at Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:46

Amer-Indians

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2025/10/28

TheAmer-IndiansIn this week’s episode, Luke travels to the outer reaches of London’s underground train network to meet James in Little Chalfont, to explore the places that increasing numbers of South Asian diasporas go when they move on from West London, and how they help transform those places and their cuisines.**Starters** (01.29-12-12)Ahead of their lunch with Vimal Dalal – a production editor on The Migration Menu and a one-time Southallian – James and Luke outline the history of post-World War

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30:16

Measure with the Heart

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2025/10/21

In this week’s episode, James and Luke try out the food of The Maldives, an archipelago of coraline islands in the Indian Ocean. The Maldivian diaspora in the UK, compared to other South Asian groups, is tiny; consequently there are no Maldivian restaurants, but there is at least one Maldivian Supper Club (@maldiviansupperclub on Instagram), run by host Mie Ali Didi, who prepares the food eaten in this episode.**Starters** ( 1:15 – 12:00)James and Luke sketch out the historical background of

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24:15

A hunger to succeed

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2025/10/14

This week, James and Luke visit the Broadway in Southall to share a meal with Faisal Ali, co-owner of Giftos Lahore Karahi. As they eat, Faisal reflects on how food brings people together, especially within Southall’s Pakistani community.**Introduction** (0:00 – 3:14)(Starter)Luke introduces the Giftos Lahore Karahi franchise and James and Lukediscuss whether there is a significant difference between food that claims to be ‘Pakistani” and food that claims to be ‘Indian’**Interview** (3:14 –

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30:57

Grandmother's Heavenly Rice

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2025/10/07

Headed to Northwest London, James and Luke travel to the Persian restaurant Behesht, which means Heaven in Farsi, to have their problems solved and their futures foretold.**introduction**-(00:00-6:55)(Starter)James and Luke discuss the connection between the Iran and the idea of South Asia.**Interview**- (6:55-11:00)(Main)James and Luke introduce Houri Nateghnouri, who speaks on what unites the Persian community, suggesting factors such as culture and food that brings together members of the South

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27:17

Brick Lane is the place for me

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2025/09/30

James and Luke return to series 2 of The Migration Menu exploring how migration has transformed food and the places we call home.Headed to East London, Brick Lane in the borough of Tower Hamlets, James and Luke travel to have lunch at Graam Bangla.(Starter)**introduction**-(00:00-3:20)Luke explains the gap in the Bengali food market in West London which is why the two choose to journey outside to East London, to fill the gap; questioning the migration pattern where those from Bangladesh go to the

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33:44

Afghanistan in Shepherd's Bush

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2025/09/23

This week, James and Luke travel the length of the Uxbridge Road to Shepherd’s Bush, where they join Professor Magnus Marsden – a fellow anthropologist with fieldwork experience in Afghanistan, as well as with Afghanis in the diaspora – for a tour of the market and a long lunch at the market street stall, Takharistan, run by his friend Zakhir. Closer to home – still on the Uxbridge Road, but back in Hayes – they enjoy another Afghani meal with owner Khalid and his younger brother at Shiraz, a former

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30:19

Cultivating Compassion

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2025/09/16

This week, James and Luke were invited by Amal Abeyawardene, secretary of the British Maha Bodhi Society, to visit the London Buddhist Vihara, the oldest Buddhist temple outside of Asia. There, they explore how food offerings help tell stories of migration and tradition.**Introduction** (0:00 – 4:58)(Starter)James and Luke begin by discussing where this episode's trip takes place, along with some context about Buddhism, migration, and its connection to food. They then introduce Amal Abeyawardene,

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23:35

Food for Everyone

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2025/09/09

This week, James and Luke are in Hayes at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy, a faith school where they’ve been invited for a special school dinner by head of history, Mr John Perkins. The occasion is Guru Nanak Gurpurab, celebrating the founder of Sikhism, and they’ll be joining 1,600 students and staff for a Langar which is a traditional Sikh community meal**Introduction** (0:00 – 5:44)(Starter)James and Luke talk about other religious festivals before Luke explains Sikhism, outlining its key beliefs,

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54:14

The Migration Menu: Live from the Pitzhanger Manor...

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2025/09/05

In this special episode James and Luke are in front of a live audience at the Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, with special guests, Sohini Banerjee and Dr. Debbie Weekes-Bernard.Sohini is a British-Bengali chef whoruns a successful London supper club called Smoke and Lime. Sohini has worked withchef Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express, chef Helen Graham of Bubala and Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai, formerly of Jamavar. She’s also run her supper club, Smoke and Lime, for seven years – a venture which not

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33:10

Experience the Brilliance

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2025/09/02

James and Luke return to Southall to visit Brilliant, a North Indian Punjabi family-ran business where they explore how the family’s migration from North India to East Africa, and now the UK, influence their Restuarant's cuisine.**Introduction** (0:53 – 1:35)James and Luke share how Southall is the main food hub for South Asian cuisine.**Introduction of Southall** (1:35 – 7:05)James and Luke share the atmosphere of Southall, and how many South Asians feel at home from the resemblance of shops,

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39:10

Reflections: Q&A with James and Luke

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2024/08/20

Reflections: Q&A with James and LukeThis week we look back on the series, respond to questions and comments from our listeners, chat with Geeta Ludhra about Southall, and look forward to series 2.We also hear from Dr, Geeta Ludhra, Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University London, as she reflects on her visits to Southall as a child and her grandmother’s Jalebi dipped in milk. **Introduction** (0:00 – 2:49) (Starter) -Luke and James reflect on their podcast journey and the taste for this

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32:32

One Woman Army

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2024/08/13

This week the food came to James and Luke, from Alaisha Kaishyap, owner of the tiffin delivery brand, The London Food Company. An example of the growing band of home cooks catering to hungry international students and others missing the food of home, they are also joined by a group of PhD students to reflect on their own food ways.**Introduction** (0:00 – 6:24)(Starter)-James and Luke introduce Aalisha Kaishyap, who started the London Food Company and is also Brunel Alumni. They outline the

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29:46

Short Eats Not Short Cuts

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2024/08/06

This week James and Luke headed way out west, to Pinner, to visit a new Sri Lankan restaurant called Yako. Following a tour of the Grade II listed building in which they have recently set up shop, they sat down to a colossal meal and to hear the story of Yako’s founder, Darshana Wathadura, A.K.A Dash.**Introduction** (0:00 – 3:39)(Starter)-Luke outlines the significance of the Yako symbol, the restaurant’s namesake.**Interview** (3:40 – 23:41)(Main)-Darshana recounts the difficulties he had with

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30:20

On The Spice Train

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2024/07/30

This week James and Luke are meeting Sujay Sohani and Subodh Joshi, co-founders of Sri Krishna Vada Pau – or SKVP, the acronym given to the chain by the restaurant’s followers on social media. Tapping into the current trend for vegetarian and vegan food, as well as for affordability, the Vada Pau – or the Mumbai burger, as it’s sometimes referred to – celebrates the street food of the pair’s native Mumbai.**Introduction**(0:00 – 5:06)(Starter)James and Luke introduce Sujay Sahani and Subodh Joshi,

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36:13

When My Back Is Against The Wall

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2024/07/23

This week, James and Luke are meeting and eating with Sanjay Anand, MBE: owner of Madhu’s of Southall, as well as six other restaurants, including Madhu’s of Mayfair at The Dilly. He documents his family’s journey from India to Kenya, where he was born, and on to the UK, where – over the last four decades – he has seen venue managers going from turning their noses up at the aromas of South Asian cooking to begging for more. Madhu’s high chai now outsells its traditional English counterpart in some

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29:45

A Stomach for Business

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2024/07/16

This week, James and Luke go to the heart of Southall. On the first of two visits to Madhu’s, they meet Ash Verma, a business consultant and former civil servant who travelled to the UK from India with his parents when he was just 8-years-old in 1958, and who over the last 50 years or so has played key roles in supporting the regeneration of West London, and the socio-economic development of the UK’s South Asian community. Having grown up in his father’s own Indian restaurant, like other

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29:50

A Home Away From Home

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2024/07/09

This week, James and Luke head to Southall for lunch at Saravanaa Bhavan, an international vegetarian Indian restaurant with branches in 27 countries across the world. They’re going there for lunch with Mukesh Gauthaman, whose ambitious project to reintroduce some of heirloom to his home village in Tamil Nadu and has brought him to the UK to study international business at Brunel. Saravanaa Bhavan offers both work and food from home.**Introduction** (0:00 – 6:20)(Starter)James and Luke introduce

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