A poem about the plight of food delivery executives, the mainstay of the gig economy.
Category: Food

Turkish Delight: A Breakfast at the Embassy
Notes on a breakfast spread at the Turkish embassy that led to thought-provoking conversations and much culinary delight.

Follies in the Kitchen
A jovial poem about the mishaps that can happen in the kitchen of any household.

Bell Peppers And My Grandmother: An Abstruse Love Affair
I wonder how we love something one moment and decide to hate it the next.

What’s Cooking? An Ode to Panta Bhat
How A MasterChef Australia season 13 moment led me to wonder about when fermented rice slipped into the edible narrative of Bengal.

A Christmas Story From Calcutta
How a slice of spiced cake was my “portkey” to the lost world of Kolkata’s micro-minorities.

Of Chutneys, Pickles and Kitchen Corners: Food and Indian Cultural Identity
What we eat and how we eat it, play a significant role in viewing our culture and ethnicity.

How the Bubonic Plague Changed Drinking Habits
To stave off illness and melancholy, moderate drinking was advised by doctors.