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  • Personal Essay

Salt, According to Taste

  • April 21, 2026
  • Sonakshi Srivastava
Cooking and translating are acts of active seeking. Illustration by Anugraha Mahesh.
Cooking, like translating, sits at the liminal intersection between what can be measured and what is driven by instinct.
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Rum-and-Plum Cakes & Bread for Shahi Tukda: Bengal Bakery is Loved by All of Lucknow

  • December 24, 2024
  • Sonakshi Srivastava
As Christmas arrives, Abdul sahab’s rum-and-plum cakes are sought after by all of Lucknow. Now the third-generation owner of Bengal Bakery, his traditional baking and tahzīb perfectly embody the city’s…
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