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When the Sun Turns and India Eats: One January, Many Festival Plates
There is a very particular kind of excitement that arrives in India around mid-January. It isn’t loud like Diwali, or reverential like Navratri. It’s steadier, quieter—and deeply edible. The kind of excitement that creeps in through kitchens rather than calendars. Across India, mid-January festivals—from Pongal and Bihu to Lohri and Makar Sankranti—fall around the same…
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Bombe Habba: Of Dolls, Stories, and Endless Rice
After writing about modaks at Ganesh Chaturthi and sweets at Diwali, and fish at Durga Puja, I thought I’d seen most of what Indian festivals could offer in the way of food and spectacle. But that illusion evaporated the moment I stepped into my friend Sam’s home in Gurgaon for what she called Bombe Habba…
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Thirty-Three Years and a Feast: Our Anniversary at Indian Accent
There are some evenings that feel as if life folds back on itself — the past and present sharing the same table. Our thirty-third wedding anniversary was one such evening, celebrated at Indian Accent, The Lodhi. The restaurant’s reputation precedes it — an elegant setting, understated luxury, and a menu that speaks of India in…
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Of Drums, Devotion, and Deep-Fried Joy: Durga Pujo at CR Park
My Pujo story: finding Durga in Delhi and surviving the CR Park adventure If you’ve read my earlier post Banana Leaves, Modaks and Tight Belts, you’ll know I measure festivals as much by what’s on my plate as what’s on the calendar. This September, that experiment took me to Chittaranjan Park in Delhi — the…
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Sweet Lies: The Dark History of Sugar
Sugar: the sweet little liar we’ve loved since childhood. It’s the star of birthdays, heartbreak cures, and festrival binges—yet behind every mithai, cupcake or a candy lurks a history sticky with slavery, greed, and global addiction. Before ‘kuch meetha ho jaye’ are you ready for its darkest secret? We don’t actually need sugar. Our bodies…
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Banana leaves, Modaks and Tight Belts
Festivals in India don’t sneak up quietly. They arrive with drums, firecrackers, and a menu card thicker than a wedding invitation. Forget the seasons of summer, monsoon, and winter—we live by the Season of Food. And that season is here. Time to tighten up the belt, because the calendar is about to deliver more calories…
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