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The Jitiya Fast <br>Volume 3 | Issue 7 [November 2023]

The Jitiya Fast
Volume 3 | Issue 7 [November 2023]

In Hinduism, fasts fall into three categories that overlap – phalahar, a fruit-based diet, nirahari, without food and sometimes even water, or alpahari, eating prescribed food with an intermittent fasting period; I have tried all three but it is the feasts that follow them, that keeps me more interested.... — Priti Saxena

Kasheer-e- Dastarkhawn <br>Volume 3 | Issue 7 [November 2023]

Kasheer-e- Dastarkhawn
Volume 3 | Issue 7 [November 2023]

I was about ten years old when we heard a knock on the door. A few men stood near the gate, asking for food. We were not rich. The coming of such strangers was a common thing in Kashmir at that time. Mostly they were bearded men with weapons. I remember their demand: Kokur (chicken), Maaz (mutton), Rogan Josh and Zumroo Thool (egg curry)... — Takbeer Salati

ముక్కుతో కూడా తినవచ్ఛు<br>Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

ముక్కుతో కూడా తినవచ్ఛు
Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

అమ్మ మంచం పట్టిన బాధాతప్త స్థితి చాలదన్నట్లు, వారికి ముక్కుద్వార ఆహారాన్నిఅందించాలని మాకు డాక్టర్ సూచించడం మరీ విచారకరం. మా అమ్మకు నేనే ప్రధాన సంరక్షకురాలిగా, అందుకు నా మొదటి స్పందన ఏదైనా ఉందంటే, దానిపై నేను, నా అసహ్యాన్ని వెలిబుచ్చచడమే. జీవితంలో అతి ఎక్కువ బాగం గవత జ్వరం, లేదా జలుబు సంభంద అల్లర్జీ తో బాధపడిన నేను, ముక్కును, నన్ను అనునిత్యం వేధించిన, చీమిడిని స్రవించే ఒక అవయవంగా మాత్రమే చూశాను. చీమిడి అనేది పసుపు-ఆకుపచ్చ ... — రచన: గీతా విశ్వనాద్

नाक भी ज़रिया है खाने का <br>Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

नाक भी ज़रिया है खाने का
Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

एक तो माँ की स्थिति पहले ही पीड़ाजनक थी, ऊपर से डॉक्टर ने सलाह दी कि हम उन्हें नाक से दूध पिलाए। उनके देखभाल की जिम्मेदारी मेरी थी, और मेरी पहली प्रतिक्रिया थी, घृणा। एक ऐसा शख़्स जिसने अपना अधिकांश जीवन राइनाइटिस के साथ बिताया, उसके लिए नाक सिर्फ एक असुविधाजनक, कष्टदायी अंग था, जो हरा, चिपचिपा, अप्रिय स्नॉट पैदा करता है; जिसे टिश्यू की मदद से तुरंत फेंक देना चाहिए। नाक साफ़ करने का तरीका मुझे माँ ही ने सिखाया था, और ... — गीता विश्वनाथ

The Nose Is For Eating Too <br>Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

The Nose Is For Eating Too
Volume 3 | Issue 6 [October 2023]

As if mother’s bedridden condition was not traumatic enough, the doctor advised us to go in for nasal feeding. As the primary caregiver, my first reaction was revulsion. For one who has lived with rhinitis for the most part of her life, I have always viewed the nose as an annoying organ that produces snot; viscous, yellow-green, obnoxious-looking; something that... — Gita Viswanath

ഭക്ഷണം ആത്മകഥാരൂപത്തിൽ <br>Volume 3 | Issue 5 [September 2023]

ഭക്ഷണം ആത്മകഥാരൂപത്തിൽ
Volume 3 | Issue 5 [September 2023]

എന്റെ ജീവിതകാലം മുഴുവൻ ഭക്ഷണവുമായി എനിക്കു ഒരു വിശേഷ ബന്ധമുണ്ട്.രുചി, ഗുണം, നിറം, മണം ഇവ എന്റെ ഭക്ഷണത്തോടുള്ള പ്രിയം കൂട്ടുകയോ കുറക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്നു. എന്റെ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ചില സമയങ്ങളിൽ എല്ലാ വിഷമങ്ങൾക്കും പരിഹാരം ... — മല്ലികാ സാരാഭായ്

खाना मेरे लिए, आत्मकथा है <br>वर्ष 3 | अंक 5 [सितम्बर 2023 ]

खाना मेरे लिए, आत्मकथा है
वर्ष 3 | अंक 5 [सितम्बर 2023 ]

खाने के साथ मेरा, ताजीवन एक अनोखा सा रिश्ता रहा है। स्वाद, टेक्स्चर, रंग और गंध ने मिलकर मुझे खाने के प्रति या तो आकृष्ट किया है या विरक्त। मेरी ज़िंदगी में एक ऐसा वक़्त भी आया था जब खाना मेरे लिए दुख से पार पाने का एक ज़रिया हो गया था। कभी -जैसा मैं दिखने की इच्छा करती ,उस प्रयोजन में खाना मेरा दुश्मन बन जाता, कभी जैसा- मैं सोचना चाहती, खाना ... — मल्लिका साराभाई

Food as Autobiography <br>Volume 3 | Issue 5 [September 2023]

Food as Autobiography
Volume 3 | Issue 5 [September 2023]

All my life I have had a particular special relationship to food. Taste, texture, colour, fragrance make or break food for me. During some of my life, food was the panacea to all grief; sometimes it was the enemy of what I wanted to look like, and sometimes of what I wanted to feel like; more and more ... — Mallika Sarabhai

Poached Eggs by Farah Ahamed <br>Volume 3 | Issue 4 [August 2023]

Poached Eggs by Farah Ahamed
Volume 3 | Issue 4 [August 2023]

‘Marry me Nuru,’ Jaffer said in his precise, measured tone. ‘Together we’ll build our future in a new Kenya.’ He was standing opposite her desk at the Chambers where she worked. She’d met him several months earlier and they’d struck up a friendship. Nuru had a Pitman’s Secretarial Diploma and a driver’s licence from the first Ladies ... — Farah Ahamed

Deep Fried by Vijayalakshmi Sridhar <br>Volume 3 | Issue 4 [August 2023]

Deep Fried by Vijayalakshmi Sridhar
Volume 3 | Issue 4 [August 2023]

I spotted him on the 7.20 am local service to Avadi immediately. Pot-like belly that swelled in the front and hung low until his thigh, face bloated with the ears protruding out of the skull. Only the trunk was missing. But his fat arms compensated for the girth and width. Biju looked just like Pillayar or Ganesh, the Hindu God ... — Vijayalakshmi Sridhar