Standing at that quaint tea shop in Kolkata that early November morning, I realised that the city had been awake for hours. We were…
As I write this in the days after Diwali, the home and the kitchen table are empty. For a few days, the house was…
I want to begin with a word of thanks to all my readers around the world. Many of you have stayed with this blog…
Once upon a time, before I decided to turn completely vegetarian again, I used to enjoy the very occasional meat dish. And more often…
If you’ve been following my blog, you’d have noticed that despite my quintessentially Gujarati sweet tooth, my culinary adventures are often based on healthy…
India contains a diverse mix of religions, both brought from abroad and homegrown. Among the latter category is Jainism, which has been practised for…
When I was a little girl, the month of Aadi in Chennai meant music being blared from temple speakers and a general atmosphere of…
Being born and brought up in Chennai into a traditional Gujarati home has given me a more expansive way of thinking, which is what…
There I was in the freezing cold of the Berkshire mountains in Massachusetts, USA, telling my friends and family back home that I was…