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What lies inside the great Indian kitchen?
Part commentary, part reflection and part personal essay about kitchen as a gendered space. Words by Shirin Mehrotra
May 5, 2021 • 
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What lies inside the great Indian kitchen?
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The metallic tang of loneliness
and why I cook from scratch
Jan 26 • 
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The metallic tang of loneliness
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War of the "food cities"
Let's try to end this Bombay-Delhi fight?
Apr 12, 2022 • 
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War of the "food cities"
We're eating all the time
A couple of months ago I met my friend and fellow food writer Rituparna Roy in Mumbai.
May 14 • 
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Why I can’t (and don’t want to) cook
A personal essay on abuse and relationship with food. Words by Sneha Bengani
Aug 1, 2021 • 
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Why I can’t (and don’t want to) cook
In The Great Indian Household, guilt is gendered
Whose responsibility is it anyway? | Words by Prakriti Singh
Dec 1, 2021 • 
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In The Great Indian Household, guilt is gendered
Pooris in Peace
A case for deep-fried food
Jan 12, 2022 • 
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Pooris in Peace
Arugula flower from my terrace
Lately, I have been thinking about using awe as a tool to stay more present in my life.
Feb 22 • 
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Arugula flower from my terrace
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The Great Indian Kitchen - Part 2
Digging deeper into the problem + Call for pitches
Jun 19, 2021 • 
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The Great Indian Kitchen - Part 2
Cuisines: National and regional
Should dhaniya be India's national herb?
Mar 12, 2022 • 
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Cuisines: National and regional
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