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Poona's summer-houses: Hub for tea parties, status, and affluence

India, April 23 -- In the days when Poona followed a more seasonal rhythm, summer often meant several families from all over the Bombay Presidency, who could not move to Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Math... Read More


Sheep breeding and making of Deccan mutton economy

India, April 16 -- In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, mutton was an important source of protein in the Indian diet, but the production was low, and the quality of mutton was not good. Th... Read More


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