Thursdays are special. These are Lokkhibaar, days when Grandma and Maa offer prayers to the generous Goddess ...
Food Photography
Garur Dal | Aat Aanajer Dal
Every year, on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin , Grandma would cook a special dal. Eight ...
Kumro Phooler Pur (Stuffed Pumpkin Flower Fritters)
The doorbell rang. The man and I are in the garden, S engrossed in his email that has arrived overnight, I ...
Tel Koi
I have sulked all morning. It’s unacceptable and unfair, I have rehearsed the fervent pitch in ...
Bhetki Maacher Jhal
I wake up to charcoal bruised heavens and the pitter-patter of rain this morning. It’s not ...
Bhapa Ilish
The man has brought home some absolute gorgeous Hilsa, D rattles on the phone, animated and impatient, ...
Lamb Massaman Curry
We would observe the ancient lady at work everyday. She would be at the live counter of the kitchen, dressed ...
Moqueca (Brazilian Fish Stew)
We were enamored by the stories my sister-in-law returned with from her trip to Brazil. The indescribable ...
My Chicken and Broccoli Pizza
Pizza was not part of my growing up years. The sleepy hamlet of Karimganj had not yet woken up to the allure ...
Japchae (Korean Stir-Fried Noodles)
The otherwise demure laptop started grumbling despairingly last evening, all the space had been exhausted, so ...
Arisa Pitha
It’s a rain-drenched July afternoon. A knock on the door shakes me out of slumber. Such an ideal weather ...
Mango Kulfi
No one in the school, not even Durwanji, with his pretentious twirling moustache, and usually an ...












