The fantastic research platform Le Thinnai Kreyol kicked off with ‘Its Cooking’ Session on Pongal with Prof Ato Quayson, Critic … More
Category: Culture & Theatre
Chai Tapri.
Writing Philosophy in a Blurb.
My writing practice is undergirded by the ethic of representation and recovery, a response to the chaos of the everyday … More
Conversation with an Entrepreneurial Autowallah in Pune/ January 2021
I have been writing this peculiar series with conversations with Autowallahs and Cabbies for a decade now across multiple cities. … More
New Years Lunch.
New Years Day Lunch. Mutton Curry, Pulao, and Pudina Chutney. The yellow bashonti pulao is made with gobindo bhog rice. … More
Boro Din.
A Bangali Boro Din with Home made Kolkata Biryani and Plum Cake. As the only occasional Church Goer at home, … More
Christmas 2020.
Thankfully Christmas still is one in the Public Imagination instead of Good Governance Day. Merry Christmas!
Pithe Heritage Food- A Photo Essay
Pati Shapta or Bengali Putu Piring. Some dishes are vanishing off the kitchens, hence the culinary heritage has to be … More
Malayalam Migrant Public Sphere.
Dr Shafeeq speaking at the Calcutta Research Group Seminar session with a focus on migrant literature on Gulf Petro Fiction … More