Sharad Navratri begins October 11. For millions of Indian households, the next ten days are a quiet preparation. The sabudana comes out of the back of the pantry. Kuttu atta goes on the shopping list. The sendha namak tin gets checked. Sama rice, singhara flour,... Continue reading
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Nobody talks about this part. Every article about dengue right now covers the same ground. Remove standing water. Use mosquito repellent. Watch for the warning signs sudden high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, rash. Go to the doctor if your platelet count drops.... Continue reading
Dussehra is twenty days away. Which means the festive cooking has already begun. In kitchens across India this week, someone’s mother or grandmother is making the first batch of something a test run of chakli to see if the proportions are right, a small halwa... Continue reading
September ends today. And with it, something shifts. The air is different this week less heavy, less wet. The sky has started doing that particular October thing where the blue comes back in the afternoon. Mornings feel lighter. The body, after three months of working... Continue reading
Walk into any supermarket in India today and the cooking oil aisle has never been more crowded. Cold-pressed, wood-pressed, expeller-pressed, virgin, refined, blended the labels compete for attention and most of them look similar enough that it’s easy to simply grab the familiar brand and... Continue reading
Most Indian households think carefully about which cooking oil they buy. They read about cold-pressed versus refined, check the brand, look at the price per litre, and make a considered choice. But there is a second question that almost never gets the same attention: how... Continue reading
Raksha Bandhan falls on August 28 this year, and in the days leading up to it, kitchens across the country turn into small festival production lines. Mathri gets rolled and fried by the batch, shakarpara gets cut into diamonds and dropped into hot oil, namkeen... Continue reading
Onam is Kerala’s grandest festival, a ten-day celebration that marks the state’s harvest season and the mythical homecoming of King Mahabali. This year, the festival begins with Atham and builds toward Thiruvonam, the main day, which falls in the last week of August 2026. Homes... Continue reading
The food that seemed perfectly fine in April suddenly feels heavy. A meal that would have digested without a second thought in summer now sits in the stomach for hours. Bloating appears from nowhere. There is that persistent dull feeling in the gut that is... Continue reading
Ask any Indian parent what a healthy tiffin box looks like and the answers follow a predictable pattern. Roti. Sabzi. Some dal if there is a thermos. Maybe fruit. For older children, perhaps a sandwich on brown bread. The thinking behind it is consistent: lean,... Continue reading
If you grew up in a traditional Indian household or spent time in one you may have a memory that you cannot quite name. A grandmother doing something small after eating. A particular smell. A ritual that seemed to have no explanation beyond this is... Continue reading
That Slightly Bitter Taste in Your Oil? Your Kitchen Might Be the Problem. Most people find out their oil has gone rancid the same way. A dish tastes slightly off. There is a faint bitterness at the back of the throat that was not there... Continue reading