Forgotten Food
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From food and family to domesticity: What sattvik cookbooks from the Hindi heartland tell us
They detail not only culinary habits and cooking traditions but also document changes in attitudes, mentality and gender roles.
Saumya Gupta
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In London, dreams of delicious Kashmiri saag
Memories of the taste of home.
Iqbal Ahmed
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Muneeza Shamsie: In my mother’s Rampur memoir, recollections of grand feasts and delectable desserts
Tales of food and family from a bygone era.
Muneeza Shamsie
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Kakori kababs, pickles and a Lucknow heritage: Recalling a father’s gastronomic adventures
Muneeza Shamsie brings together memories of days spent in pre-Partition India and finding familiar tastes in faraway England
Muneeza Shamsie
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Muneeza Shamsie: My family’s culinary history across India, Pakistan and Britain
The author shares stories of food and flavours that transcend time and borders.
Muneeza Shamsie
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How Urdu domestic manuals in the 1900s taught Indian women to be fair and lovely
Many mythologies around food and skin tone can be found in late colonial-era domestic literature, such as ‘Hifz-i-Sihhat’ and ‘Tabib al-Nisa’.
Mobeen Hussain
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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In a pandemic collaboration across oceans, a rekhti performance about Rampur’s food and flavours
A text by 19th-century poet Mir Yar Ali ‘Jan Sahib’ is given new life by historians, archivists and dastangos.
Razak Khan
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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
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Memories of my father Faiz Ahmed Faiz and our simple dal-chawal meals
Broadcaster Moneeza Hashmi remembers the quiet, unpretentious meals of her childhood.
Moneeza Hashmi
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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In Allahabad, a festival celebrates the city’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb through food
Over the years, there have been myriad changes in the social life of Allahabad, but its love for food has stayed the same.
Samina Naqvi
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Every time Bengal loses a traditional rice variety, it loses a little bit of its culture
Old customs and foods no longer have the same meaning because the rice varieties associated with them are long gone.
Debal Deb
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This book shows there’s more to the cuisine of South Asian Muslims than rich, meaty food
‘Desi Delicacies’ challenges stereotypes and contradicts damaging ideas about the otherness of Muslims.
Claire Chambers
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver