This Golden Mile
Of all the Gujarati stories I grew up with, the one that captured my imagination the most was the tale of the Parsi people fleeing Persia in search of a new homeland.When they landed in India, the local Gujarati king, unable to speak Parsi, presented them with a pot of milk filled to the brim. He did this to show his land was full and could not accommodate more people. A Parsi priest came forward and mixed sugar into the milk without displacing a single drop. The pot had space for the milk and the sugar. The milk was still milk. Only now, it was sweeter.-
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Neighbours, Dundonald Road, 2018
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First Snow, Marjorje Street, 2021
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Talitha, Ross Walk, 2020
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Home and the World, Canon Street, 2021
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Mr Rupchande, Marjorie Street, 2021
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Chandni with Flowers, Community Gardens, 2021
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Haresh and Ashik, Syston Street, 2021
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Community Hall, Cathrine Street, 2022
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Maharana Pratap & PC Ravat, Marjorie Street, 2021
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Bhukan Singh and Gurmeet Kaur, 2021
This Golden Mile explores the streets surrounding the famous one-mile stretch of Melton Road and Belgrave Road in Leicester. Documenting its arteries and veins to reveal the poetry of homes, temples and street corners. For its residents, the Golden Mile is both an entry point and an ending, the last mile of a long journey to Britain.Photographed over five years (2018 –22) as Britain left the EU, I wanted to celebrate this multicultural community during these politically polarising times. I hope to show our commonality and that communities like this are not an erosion of British values or its culture but a vital artery in our intertwined and tangled colonial histories.
