Editor’s Note: World citizens: Gen One

Is the creative millennial ethnicity-agnostic? He’s proud of being Indian, but refuses to be boxed into characteristics that “being Indian” means

As I doled out some advice to Chef Himanshu Saini after a meal at his TrèsInd Studio in Dubai a few months ago, the 36-year-old Delhi boy corrected me, “But sir, I don’t think of my food as Indian,” he said. “It’s India-influenced, because that’s where I’m from.”

Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik (left) is part of the new generation making a name for themselves across the globe (Shreyans Dungarwal)

Chef Himanshu Saini

Prateek Kuhad

Jamal Shaikh is National Editor – Brunch and New Media Initiatives, Hindustan Times