Reading Circle August 2026
In August 2026, LFC explored local ingredients, to dwell on questions of regionality, authenticity, and recognition of an ingredient. We read “GI-Tags for Food and Drinks: A Complex Web of Determining Origins and Authent…
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Reading Circle May 2026
In May 2026, as an effort to understand the ground realities of the gig economy in India, the LFC community read “Stable Income, Drinking Water, Rest: A Delhi-based Gig Worker on Unionising for Basic Labour Rights” by Sh…
The Cost of Food: How The Climate Crisis Impacts Farming Labour
What are the everyday realities behind headlines about climate-induced floods and droughts? What does the climate crisis actually mean for the people growing our food? The Locavore’s latest Beyond the Plate session featu…
Stable Income, Drinking Water, Rest: Why Gig Workers Unionise
Delivery workers across multiple quick-commerce platforms assert that urban regions can no longer do without doorstep delivery. In such a context, why does gig work remain undignified? We’re bringing together three speak…
Finding Northeast India in Bengaluru: A Food Walk and Dinner in Kalyan Nagar
Sociologist Prithiraj Borah’s guided walk in Kalyan Nagar involved sampling an array of indigenous Northeastern dishes in the neighbourhood, understanding their local contexts, and how such food can often run the risk of…
Beyond Basmati: Making Native Rices Part of Your Everyday Kitchen
Once home to nearly 1,00,000 indigenous varieties of rice, just a fraction dominate markets in India today. This online discussion explored the reasons behind their decline, unpacking how the pricing of commercial variet…
Unpacking ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’: What Cinema Reveals about Gender, Domesticity, and Labour
A Malayalam-language film revolving around a newly married woman’s struggles in a conservative, patriarchal household nudges us to think about the harsh realities that gender and labour spawn within domestic spaces.
Bazaar Walk and Brunch with Chef Sohini Banerjee
Join British Bengali chef and writer Sohini Banerjee for an intimate morning walk through Jadubabur Bazaar, one of South Kolkata’s most storied neighbourhood markets.
Strolling through Shaheen Bagh: A Street Food Walk in Delhi
Led by Sadaf Hussain, the walk traced how people who found refuge in Shaheen Bagh carried their food traditions with them and stitched together a new culinary landscape.