There is a rich history of the migration, both short- and long-term, of Indians to London from at least the early seventeenth century. The varied nature of Indian presences, settlements, interactions and influences upon the imperial metropole are worth relaying to a wider audience to understand better the connected nature of Indian and English history up until the present. Arup K. Chatterjee’s new book is a welcome addition to the market precisely because it opens up this rich, varied history and aims to reach a wide audience. Chatterjee admits that there are not many footnotes and endnotes in the book and that it is heavily indebted to the work of Rozina Visram, Michael Fisher, Antoinette Burton, Susheila Nasta and the ‘Making Britain’ project and database (https://www.open.ac.uk/makingbritain). This is evident throughout the book and something I will come back to throughout this review. The book starts with a map of London that lists various Indians in London in the manner of the London Underground map. Following an introduction that offers some historical background and some discussion of the literature, it then follows a format inspired by Shakespeare with five parts or ‘Acts’, each divided into ‘Scenes’. This literary device is instructive: Chatterjee is not only inspired by Shakespeare but also by a number of Indian writers in London and he intermingles the literary, the personal, the historical and the contemporary in his account of the long, varied history of Indians in London. Chatterjee’s literary background is clear from his structure, his prose and his engagement with writers. The history of Indians in London from the early sixteenth century to 1947 is presented through a range of biographical sketches, long quotations and blocks of information, interspersed with literary allusions. The geographical focus is on London solely, and yet Chatterjee is keen to show the interconnected nature of the relationship between Britain and India over four centuries more broadly throughout. There are times when I wonder if the focus on London limits the book, especially early on when he addresses wider themes such as Orientalism, although it is clear why London should feature so heavily in an account of Indians in Britain, especially as so much of the focus in the book is on political figures.