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I don’t remember eating the way some of us look at the plates these days. We calculate whether we’re consuming enough calories, fibre, healthy fats, or protein. A wave of protein consciousness has swept over many people on social media. Once seen as the fetish of bodybuilders, athletes, and the domain ... —Gopal MS

কনভিভিয়ালিটি। উৎস: ল্যাটিন শব্দ কনভিভিয়ের, যার অর্থ একসঙ্গে থাকা এবং খাওয়া। শব্দটি এখন প্রয়োগ করা হয় বন্ধুভাব, উৎসব, এবং প্রীতিকর সামাজিকতা বোঝাতে। একাধিক মানুষের সান্নিধ্যে আহার, অথবা কোন আনন্দ উৎসবে আহারের সান্নিধ্যে একাধিক মানুষের জমায়েত (শ্রাদ্ধনুষ্ঠান কে নিশ্চয়ই কনভিভিয়াল বলা যায় না, যায় কি?) একা একা খাওয়ার যে অভ্যাস, দায় পড়ে অথবা স্বেচ্ছায়, সেটাকে তাহলে কি ... —হিয়া চ্যাটার্জি

मिलनसारिता के लिए अंग्रेज़ी में शब्द है – कॉनविविएलिटी। यह लैटिन भाषा के ‘कॉनविविएिर’ शब्‍द से बना है, जिसका अर्थ होता है साथ रहना और साथ खाना। इस शब्द का अर्थ है मित्रता, उत्सवधर्मिता और सौहार्दपूर्ण सुखद सामाजिकता, जोकि भोजन के इर्द-गिर्द विकसित होती है। भोज, जिसमें लोग सम्मिलित होते हैं और लोग, जो किसी विशेष अवसर पर ... —हिया चैटर्जी

Conviviality. A word derived from Latin word conviviere, meaning to live together and eat together. The word, which has come to mean friendliness, festivities, and pleasant sociability, assumes the presence of food. Eating, which is accompanied by people, and people who are accompanied by food on ... —Hiya Chatterjee

My first memory of being hungry is connected to a road journey. Many years ago, when our Shillong-bound bus had stopped somewhere between the hills and the valley, before any designated stop, something unfolded before me. Beyond the regular stoppages, these buses often indulged in unannounced intermissions. As it was... —Suranjana Choudhury

There is a saying among the Khasis that the kwai is a force that bridges the divide between the rich and the poor. Betel quid consumption is very common in the northeast region of India, where people use them by combining betel nut (Areca catechu) with a betel leaf (Piper betel). The popularity of betel quid is present in every state of the northeast region of ... —Sonam Dorji and Richard Kamei

This is Guwahati today: McDonald’s, Domino’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), Barista, Starbucks; Indo-Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mughlai restaurants; Manipuri rice hotels and Naga kitchens; street food: momo, phuchka, chowmein, spiral potato, singora (samosa), kosuri (kachodi), chana chaat, sweet... —Rituparna Patgiri

Recently, my mom showed me a hand-written book of recipes by her aunt which included recipes ranging from Chilli Paneer to Mutton Korma ... —Debangshu Moulik

I am at my sister’s house in Patna. Whenever I come to Patna, during periods when my college is closed for either summer or winter holidays, I mostly eat at home. There must be fine restaurants in town but these aren’t the places I knew in my youth; the food that I get at home here also reminds me of my ... —Amitava Kumar