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Tarana Husain Khan

Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies

The halwa sold today is not the halwa of my childhood. It has been revised, adapted, diminished, like so many sweetmeats of times past.

Tarana Husain Khan
· Jun 05, 2021 · 11:30 am
Women’s Day fiction: What a little girl learns about her great-grandmother’s life in a harem

An excerpt from ‘The Begum and the Dastan’, by Tarana Husain Khan.

Tarana Husain Khan
· Mar 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm
The real story of how qorma became the king of Indian curries

Plus an heirloom recipe for Awadhi Murgh Qorma.

Tarana Husain Khan
&
Rana Safvi
· Nov 07, 2020 · 11:30 am

The journey of the Rampur Book Club shows how reading communities responded to the pandemic

‘The first meeting, held on a sweltering June evening in my drawing room, had six excited ladies armed with googled knowledge on how to set up a book club.’

Tarana Husain Khan
· Aug 20, 2020 · 08:30 am