Certain food memories linger in a community’s collective consciousness long after the food itself may have disappeared from people’s plates and farmers’ fields. Sohel Sarkar writes on the farming songs and rituals that have sustained millets in different parts of India.
Chef Rachit Kirteeman explores Chhatra Bazaar and Mal Godown—markets which have close ties—and finds that even though much has changed over the years, some old connections remain.