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Inside My Kitchen

What Does it Mean to Blend Traditional Food Wisdom with Cutting Edge Technology?

Shivani Unakar
September 29, 2025

At first glance, the Scientific Kitchen at TDU appears like a standard industrial kitchen. But a closer look reveals a dizzying array of equipment fit for a variety of research projects. Photo Courtesy of the University of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences (TDU).

Shivani Unakar visits a university kitchen in Bengaluru to understand the complexities of what it means to blend traditional food wisdom with cutting-edge technology.

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Culture

This Bengaluru Neighbourhood Acts as a Bridge to North-East India

Joshua Muyiwa
February 10, 2025

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 belonging, and the complexities of the North-East identity.

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Parikrma Festival of Science, Bengaluru

February 22, 2023

A dialogue on eating, cooking, and sustainability with young minds.

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The Locavore Meetup, Bengaluru

November 30, 2022

Forty guests,farmers, media professionals, chefs, researchers, writers and more,came together for our first-ever meetup.

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Documenting Russell Market, Bengaluru

November 30, 2022

Inside an impromptu visit to archive a historic market dating back to the 1800s.

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Market Archives

Beyond Transactions: People Hold This Market Together

Pankhuri Agrawal, Amiya Chaudhuri, Sreepathy Paliath, Shreshtha Chhabra, Chetana Divya
May 11, 2023

A morning spent at Bengaluru’s Russell Market reminds us of the forgotten art of engaging with familiar strangers, and taking pleasure in hand-picking fruits and vegetables for our everyday needs. Meet its people, and the produce they bring to the table.

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Market Archives

Built in 1820, an Old Clock Tower Forms the Nucleus of the Market

Shivani Unakar and Dhiraj Chilakapaty
May 11, 2023

This heritage building is a mere shade of what it once was, and a visit doesn’t reveal its historical significance easily. Shivani Unakar and Dhiraj Chilakapaty on the design, structure, and systems of trade within a market that was established to serve the cantonment.

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Culture

Watching The Great Indian Kitchen with 300 College Students

Vinay Kumar
April 3, 2023

Why are so many women in India still saddled with kitchen chores? Vinay Kumar, who teaches a critical reading and writing course in Bengaluru, writes about the experience of watching 'The Great Indian Kitchen' with his class.

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