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Taste of Life: How "paansupari" became a staple of Ganeshotsav celebrations in Pune

India, Aug. 29 -- The use of food as a symbol is a common phenomenon across cultures, representing personal and social relationships. On September 29, 1929, the Marathi newspaper "Dnyanaprakash" publ... Read More


The curious history of pigeons in colonial India

India, Aug. 21 -- PUNE On September 11, 1930, a car driven by a European crushed more than a hundred pigeons on Surat Street in Bombay. The car fled the scene, and attempts to chase it by hawkers nea... Read More


Taste of Life: Issues of Marathi and Marathisation 'alive in letter and spirit'

India, Aug. 7 -- Language serves as a crucial link to one's past, culture, and identity. It becomes a symbol of identity when different ethnic groups compete for power and resources. Language dominat... Read More


Taste of Life: Sacred role of food in honouring the dead

India, July 31 -- Food is an integral part of commemorating the dead. People remember the deceased through the everyday act of eating and reintegrate the bereaved into the community in which the decea... Read More


Tale of Colonial India's Railway Refreshment Rooms

India, July 17 -- The railway in India helped Indians and Europeans travel much more extensively than they were accustomed to in the pre-railway era. It also brought forth several problems that the go... Read More


Taste of life: Dining cars on tracks, chugging on race, caste lines

India, July 10 -- The British colonisation in India was marked by the deeply disturbing phenomenon of racism. India formed a cornerstone in the arch of European imperialism in Asia, and it was there t... Read More


Taste of Life: Encouraging fasting to protect religious traditions

India, July 3 -- In early twentieth-century Colonial India, a resurgence of religio-cultural self-awareness that endorsed traditions played a significant role in defining cultural identities. This sel... Read More


Tackling Cholera: Unsung Healthcare efforts during the Pandharpur Wari

India, June 26 -- The "Ashadhi wari", the pilgrimage to Pandharpur, epitomises collective devotion and personal spirituality. It fosters social bonds across communities and encourages the sharing of c... Read More


Taste of Life: The spicy goodness of a hot toddy for Poona rains

India, June 19 -- The intersection of Colonialism and temperance propagated by European countries makes a rather interesting topic in food studies. In Colonial India, temperance promoted by native lea... Read More


Cabaret in the city

India, June 5 -- On the evening of November 30, 1919, the premises of the Napier Hotel near Poona Cantonment were thick with anticipation. Men and women dressed in their best attire arrived in horse-d... Read More