From Diljit Dosanjh’s necklace to the blatant ignorance towards Shah Rukh Khan and Sabyasachi, there’s a lot that the Met Gala needs to introspect on in the aftermath of it!
For the first time in forever, 9 Indians from various different fields marked their presence at one of the most exclusive events in the world. Shah Rukh Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, Priyanka Chopra, Kiara Advani, Manish Malhotra, Sabyasachi, Isha Ambani, Natasha Poonawalla and Mona Patel brought their A game to the Met Gala carpet yesterday. Their interpretations of the Black Dandyism theme became a topic of discussion all over social media. Whether we love or hate their looks is still up for debate but one thing that everyone agrees on is that we were living for the surge in representation this year - something we rarely get to see on such a big platform.
Apart from the looks and the pride that followed, this year also came with a lot of unexpected disappointment. If you’re living under a rock, we're talking about how Shah Rukh Khan and Sabyasachi were treated on the carpet. Don’t get us wrong, we aren’t saying the interviewers should have known both of them because they are the GOATS in their industry; we very well know that Shah Rukh Khan might not be a larger than life magnum opus to a lot of people in the West, but basic research isn't too much to ask for. How does a platform as big as the Met Gala not have their research in place? Isn’t it fair to expect interviewers to know who they'd be interviewing? Being recognized shouldn't be a privilege when you're attending THE Met Gala; it's basic courtesy.
If you've watched the interview, you'd notice that the two women did not seem to put in effort to get their names right even after Shah Rukh Khan and Sabyasachi told them who they were. This makes me wonder - would this situation be handled this lightly if roles were reversed? It’s ironic how the literal carpet that everyone walks on at the Met Gala is made in India and yet Indian celebrities don’t get their due screen time at an event like this!
Besides this, India’s current favorite pop sensation Diljit Dosanjh’s necklace seems to have caught the public’s eye as well. Ria Chopra, a content creator on Instagram shed light on how Diljit Dosanjh had to replicate the necklace worn by Maharaja Bupinder Singh, when an actual part of the necklace was with Cartier. When Dosanjh’s stylist asked for the real necklace she was denied and told that it is sealed in a museum. But the brand had no such obligations when YouTuber Emma Chamberlain wore the necklace in 2022. This has stirred major conversations online where people are questioning Cartier about what changed between 2022 and 2025. Why was a white woman from the West permitted to wear a colonial Indian heirloom, while a brown Punjabi man, paying homage to his ancestral legacy, was refused?
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Here’s how social media has reacted to Indians not getting their due respect on the carpet!
Yesterday’s incident could have gone rather differently if jobs were done well and styling a piece of jewellery for the Met wasn’t decided based on skin color. The Met Gala will undeniably always remain a prestigious moment and while we hope that representation only increases every year, we also hope that the West as a whole learns to give our artists the respect that they're due.
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