Water Chestnuts - The Locavore

Personal Essay

Kheer and Curfew

Soibam Haripriya
April 10, 2025

Kombirei or Manipuri iris, the leaves of which are illustrated here, grow in Haripriya's parents' home garden. Creative by Steve Hurst via Wikimedia commons. Illustration by Ayushi Roy.

For Soibam Haripriya, childhood foods look like her mother’s grief.

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