Naveen Yadav
“Comrade! Zindabad! How are you?” Naveen Bhai’s voice booms. Naveen Yadav, 42, is a street vendor, activist, and member of Janwaadi Hawker’s Sabha (JHS) and CITU. His broad smile belies…
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Farm Workers On How Heat Impacts Their Work
We spoke to agricultural workers from The Locavore's community of partner producers to understand how heat intersects with labour, especially for working women, and how they cope with rising temperatures.
The Migrant Women Running Delhi’s Informal Economy
By following Syeda’s journey—from trimming the loose threads of jeans to cooking namkeen, and from shelling almonds to making tea strainers—Neha Dixit tries to capture the lived realities of the…
Dried Fish At Amma’s Memorial
In a three-year-long cookbook project spanning the Coromandel coast, Bhagat Singh A. writes a tribute to his late mother.
Inside The Only Caper Farm In India
How team members at Ishka Farms, India’s first and only caper farm in Tamil Nadu, found themselves experimenting with the ingredient,on the field and back in their home kitchens.
The Food Waste Pickle: Why India’s Food Waste Crisis is Graver Than You Think
Contrary to popular belief, household food waste is not the most significant contributor to wastage in the food system. Journalist Sharmila Vaidyanathan reveals how food is lost during every stage of its production and d…
This Bengaluru Neighbourhood Acts as a Bridge to North-East India
In Bengaluru’s Kalyan Nagar, Prithiraj Borah finds that food isn’t used to censor, but rather corral people into communities. Joshua Muyiwa talks to the sociologist about his project that explores the ideas of food and b…
The Dispute Over Guava Jelly: What Indian Women’s Cookbooks Tell Us About Their Lives
With women's education in India taking off only in the 1860s, it isn't surprising that cookbooks were authored by men until then, in tones ranging from disciplinary to mansplaining. When women began to write these themse…