April 2019: Editorial
As grim as it sounds, I’ve read that food was never designed to provide us with comfort. Food, evolutionarily, has been designed to primarily provide […]
Food
When children warmed up to the charm of slow food in Delhi
You use hing (asafoetida) in your cooking, but do you know what it actually is? No? Then go and find out. This challenge was given […]
How a citizen-driven movement is raising awareness about safe food in Pune
An initiative to make people aware of safe food and to know from where the food is coming from. Human lifestyles leading to degradation and […]
How millets were displaced across Uttarakhand’s hillsides (and why we need to bring them back)
“Dal chawal. Aloo sabzi.” “Roti. Chawal. Aloo fry.” “Aloo paratha. Maggi.” In August last year, I spent nearly two weeks in Uttarakhand. For the most […]
Monsoon Recipes
Food has been a network of relationships which has evolved over time in a geographical context! Traditional food recipes have woven in folk wisdom drawn […]
Book Review: A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism
A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism – Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat. By Eric Holt-Giménez “Industrial agriculture has destroyed up to 75 percent […]
Absolute power comes from absolute control of food
Is this what we have done to our planet.? A painting by French artist Michel Granger. An interview with Devinder Sharma by French journalist Catherine Andre. The industrial […]
Rousing a Generation in Deep Slumber
The era of radical change can only come from a deep sense of belonging to a place, says R. Sridhar, in his talk at the […]
Forest Food of Indian Tribes can overcome the Nutrition Crisis
Living Farms, an NGO that works with tribal villages in the eastern state of Odisha, has documented 357 forest foods harvested by tribes in the […]
Why is Food allowed to Travel across Continents? Why not popularise local products and local markets?
Devinder Sharma writes on the dangers of food shipped across continents – grown in one, processed and repacked elsewhere and shipped back to the country from […]