I have a friend of 25 years who cannot get out of the house without using “fair and lovely” or as they call it now “glow and lovely”. She’s been using it for more than 20 years now. I remember her being very insecure because she was “dark” (still can’t understand what this means). She’s …
In early 2000s there was a delicacy that I loved. It was sweet corn. It was corn but sweeter. I remember asking specifically for it when buying roasted corn (Butta! For Indians 😊). There was roasted corn seller near the vegetable shop in my locality. Winters were a busy time for him. My mom and …
To read the part 3, click here India, 1986 Ashokan walked fast towards the apartment building from where he had got a call. “F block, No. 401,” he said to the security. “OK! Pandit sahib, go straight and turn left. F block,” said the security. Ashokan walked towards F block. His daughter was 5 months …
To read the part 2, click here India, 1998 Janani walked towards bakery and stood near the juice shop outside the bakery. She searched for Shobana. She was no where to be found. She looked at her Casio watch. It was 3:00 pm. Janani sighed and sat on the big rock near the juice shop. …
To read the part 1, click here India, 1996 Janani walked fast towards the milk depot. Her grandmother was waiting in the queue. She had to hurry and give her the milk container and tokens. They had recently moved to this suburb. It was still developing and mostly green and wild. Janani had seen snakes …
Spicy Rasam 