Culture

Saif, a rider with multiple quick-commerce platforms in Delhi, asserts that urban India can no longer do without doorstep delivery. Why, then, does gig work remain undignified?

In Bengal’s kitchens, curdled milk becomes sandesh; vegetable peels become khosha bhaja and bata; and fish is relished from scale to tail.

At Vidyun, an afterschool centre with a robust meals programme, children are learning about nutrition, science, and food history along with their evening snacks.

Speaking to women about their food cravings and aversions during pregnancy and postpartum, Yamini Vijayan examines changing tastes and why these occur.

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.

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.