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From Tamil-style Rasam to Beef Steak: Why do Pregnant Women Crave What They Crave?
Speaking to women about their food cravings and aversions during and just post-pregnancy, Yamini Vijayan examines changing tastes and why these occur.
मी उद्यापासून सात्त्विक आहार सुरू केला तर त्याने माझी जात बदलणार आहे का?
शाहू पाटोळेंनी ‘अन्न हे अपूर्णब्रह्म’ लिहून झाल्यावर तब्बल नऊ वर्षांनी म्हणजे 2024 साली त्याचं इंग्रजी भाषांतर प्रकाशित झालं आहे. मुख्यधारेतल्या माध्यमांमध्ये क्वचितच दिसणारे पदार्थ या पुस्तकात कसे अवतरले, संशोधनाची पद्धत, आवडत्या भाज्या आणि अशा बर्याच गोष्टींबद्दल पाटोळेंशी मारलेल्या या गप्पा.
“If I adopt a sattvic diet, would my caste change?”
Nine years after Shahu Patole wrote ‘Anna He Apoorna Brahma’ in Marathi, its translation in English was published in 2024. In an interview, he takes us through the process of translating dishes that have rarely been articulated in mainstream media, his research methodology, and his favourite greens.
Meat wasn’t available anytime you desired!
For the Mahar and Mang communities in Maharashtra, meat was never easily available. When one came upon some, it would be made to last long enough, every bit of offal and fat put to use.
One Sultan’s Lavish Dinners Shaped Delhi’s Food Traditions
Delhi’s food is tied to several happenings from the city’s tumultuous past. In ‘From the King's Table to Street Food’ Pushpesh Pant offers a delightful account of each of these periods, including that of the Sultanate.
In Odisha, Farming Festivals Archive Fast-Disappearing Indigenous Knowledge
The wait for mangoes, a cooling finger millet drink, one hundred coconuts. Abhijit Mohanty documents how summer festivals in Malkangiri, Odisha, preserve foodways of memories.
Hand to Mouth: The Precarious Connections Between Food and Labour
In this anthology-style feature documenting the fraught relationships between food and labour in India, Mukta Patil gathers perspectives from journalist Priyanka Tupe, union leader Anita Kapoor, and economist Dr. Jean Drèze.
To Save Camels, Herding Families Are Rethinking Traditional Beliefs About Pastoral Milk
Since 1961, India’s camel populations have seen an alarming decline. Shirin Mehrotra explores the nuances of mainstreaming camel milk, shifting views among camel-herding communities, and the challenges that still lie ahead.
“Our mangoes define us”
Stories of growers, geopolitics, and even fruit flies, Sopan Joshi’s ‘Mangifera Indica’ describes multiple aspects of India’s most beloved fruit.
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