Chutney, an Indian side dish made with zest, brings flavour to bland Indian dishes such as rice and dhal, while tickling delight to the senses. The term, used as a metaphor in Chutney Generations, is applicable to Fiji Indian migrants across the globe that savours the product and lives the word.

In the processes of migration and globalisation identities fuse, cultures, dreams, ideals, ideologies, histories and the present merge and crush, in a way similar to the process of making chutney, where ingredients are blended to the point where there is no single identity; thus a new generation of humankind is created where identities are neutralized in the fusion of ideas, ideals and dreams.

The 'chutnification' of the New Zealand-Fiji-Indian community across three physical spaces – India, Fiji and New Zealand, recording their past, present and aspirations of their future, through their lifestyles and treasured collections. Migration and globalisation have opened new possibilities for chutney, beyond the familiar ingredients and tastes. The community is complex and contradictory, being Indian, Fijian, Kiwi and global citizens, all at the same time.