Where In The World Is Rishi Sunak From?

The following question is often-part of introductory conversations: ‘… and where are you from?’ The answer, in pre-globalisation times could be: ‘I am from India/ Iceland/Japan …’ and so on. Cultural, religious, ethnic and geographic categorisations were in neat boxes; there was no room for confusion.

- Narayani Ganesh

Today, ‘where are you from?’ is a question that evokes answers replete with complicated permutations and combinations in all its aspects, including language, regional affiliation, faith, ethnicity, gender and what-have-you.