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Food is Political

Food is Political

More Than A Meal

How our country’s future lies within the confines of a hot plate of food

5 min readJan 16, 2021

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More Than A Meal

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Food is Political

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

As the reappearance of Bt Brinjal (a genetically modified crop) brings with it hot debates among academics, politicians, and NGOs, the…

4 min readDec 5, 2020

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A lady attending to her Brinjal Farm

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Food is Political

Kaju Stories

The Story of Conservation

3 min readNov 21, 2020

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Kaju Stories

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Food is Political

The Rise of Citrus Maxima

As the rains slowly recede from the city, rickety carts weighed down by pyramids of bulbous pomelos begin to sprout roadside. The slightly…

4 min readNov 9, 2020

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The Rise of Citrus Maxima

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Food is Political

The voyage of Ananás from Brazil’s Plantations to Deccan’s Architecture

The Portuguese invasion introduced potatoes, pao, vindaloo, and a prickly fruit that was said to be the epitome of luxury — the pineapple—…

4 min readNov 9, 2020

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The voyage of Ananás from Brazil’s Plantations to Deccan’s Architecture

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Food is Political

Awadh’s dearest makes its way to Britain’s pubs

From the royal kitchen of the Nawabs of Oudh to pubs and supermarkets in Britain, here’s the story of a dish that has voyaged across…

3 min readNov 2, 2020

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Awadh’s dearest makes its way to Britain’s pubs

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Food is Political

Holier-than-thou

A clear way to drive a sharp wedge between a populace is via their belly. Food bans are not new, and we’ve seen them staining the globe…

5 min readOct 17, 2020

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Holier-than-thou

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Food is Political

A Sweet Mess

Find your way into Maharashtra’s sweet yet sticky business of sugarcane farming.

4 min readOct 14, 2020

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A Sweet Mess

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Food is Political

Chinatown

Covid-19, Locust attacks, Sino-India tensions, nothing has been easy about this year. However, here’s a little bit about how our patriotic…

5 min readSep 25, 2020

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Chinatown

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Food is Political

Behind the veil

It’s another murky monsoon evening in Bombay. You tug and hover your pants ever so slightly above the ground and stare at your shoes that…

3 min readAug 18, 2020

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Behind the veil

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Food is Political

Food is Political

Hi! I’m Takshama, and FIP is a collection of ruminations on how our geopolitical context dictates what we eat. I sometimes sidebar to discuss the F&B industry.

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