On deciding to get married, as a woman
Marriage sounds wonderful; the companionship, a person to watch Indian Matchmaking and feel bad for other people with, a person who is your in-group to judge, bully …
2020
I am a serial list maker. I have 3 synchronous ‘to-do’ lists: ‘Do Today’, ‘Get done soon’, and the more liberal ‘Long Term To-Do’ I have been …
3 generations of Puranpolis for Abhijeet
I love Puran Poli. My favorite Puran-Polis are made by my mom, sister and grandmother, the three women who hold my heart. Each of their Puran-Polis is …
Rapunzel
I found a note I wrote to myself at the start of the year. It says “when you grow out your hair, remember to wear flowers in …
Sambarwadi for Anjali
I am an Indian living in Melbourne. Finding good Indian food here is a struggle. But I cook, quite well and very often. So there isn’t much …
Kumbh
In 2012, I braved the Kumbh Mela. I braced myself for crowds, frantic religious people, typhoons. And I was rewarded with them. Short of getting lost and …
Gharya in memory of Aji for Shen
I would really love it Prachi, if you could make some Gharya for me. They are made from wheat flour, sweet potato and jaggery. They are super …
Lakhnavi tahzeeb with a twist and salty lemonade for Benny
We were meeting for the second time. We decided to have breakfast because we were early for the movie we intended to watch. We had Dosa and …
Stay, for a while
Today I stayed in bed for 10 minutes after I woke up. For 10 whole minutes, I could suspend the to-do lists, the charging of devices, checking …