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Taste of Life: When and how muscovado sugar was produced in Poona

India, April 9 -- Slavery is intimately associated with food production through a historical and, in many cases, contemporary reliance on forced labour to cultivate, harvest, and process high-demand c... Read More


Taste of Life: Roles food habits play in shaping religious nationalism

India, April 2 -- The daily food habits of a community usually find a place within the festivals of the deity they worship. Dishes that sustain their work, express their values, or carry ritual signif... Read More


Taste of Life: How sugar garlands became symbols of swadeshi pride

India, March 19 -- A plate of food is never truly apolitical. It is a complex record of history, trade, and power. What we eat is shaped by politics, by the crops governments support, by the goods nat... Read More


Taste of Life: Flavours and faith: Pune's timeless Ramazan

India, March 12 -- As the sun dips below the horizon during the holy month of Ramazan, Pune's streets undergo a vibrant, aromatic transformation, most notably in the bustling culinary havens of Poona ... Read More


Mutton Club: The social order in Colonial India

India, Feb. 19 -- A social club is a collective formed by individuals who choose to come together based on shared interests or affiliations, sustained by its members rather than by commercial activity... Read More


Taste of Life: Chocolates, candies and forever love

India, Feb. 12 -- Valentine's Day has long been associated with expressions of love exchanged through thoughtful gifts, affectionate notes, and quiet moments shared over candlelit dinners. The day was... Read More


How Agarkar chose reason over rituals in mourning

India, Feb. 5 -- Death is a universal human experience, yet the ways societies honour and remember the dead vary widely across cultures. Opposition to traditional death rituals is a complex phenomenon... Read More


Dr Madhav Gadgil: Voice of the 'ecosystem people'

India, Jan. 22 -- In 1982, India organised the first Green Revolution, and Dr Madhav Gadgil was then a member of a Government of India committee to advise on legislation and other measures to promote ... Read More