After the professional lecture, we had a bit of chit chat. We wanted to know much more about Kashmiri cuisine. She told us about multiple dishes…
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Category: Food
The irony: Fat potatoes but lean farmers
In striking contrast to the improved and increased yield at this farm set up in 1972, the workers’ lives move in the reverse direction, nothing…
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Bright Red Socks, and a blue, blue sea…
Traveling solo in Goa: Colourful, tempting whiskey and Port Wine bottles, a Christmas tree cut-out with a wooden Jesus statue, green coconuts mixed with the…
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Harisa: Winter Comfort of Kashmir
It is a scent that beckons the people of Kashmir, drawing them out of their warm homes into the biting cold. This centuries-old delicacy, served…
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A Letter from Children: A Cry for Help
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is often the first meal of the day for most of them, while, for some others, it is the only meal…
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Discover a piece of Kashmir in the warmth of its bread
Kulcha, Girda, Lavasa, Sheermal: Far away from home, Delhi’s kandur vaan connects Kashmiris with their roots and memories By Mohsin Mushtaq Kulcha, Sheermal, Girda — at…
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So, what is a ‘Normal Day’?
Kashmir Diary: While I was absorbing and consoling myself about the definition of ‘A Normal Day in Delhi’ and ‘A Normal Day in Kashmir’, my…
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From Home Baker to Culinary Success: Sakiba Mohammed’s Journey of Passion and Perseverance
Her message to other women is simple and optimistic: with talent and determination, any woman can become self-reliant By Kamran Khan Sakiba Mohammed, a baker…
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