Memories of ma, and the sweet melange of ghonto
I was in Kolkata for pujo this year and since my mother’s cook was on leave, I picked a restaurant...
Tasing Economics blog
Cooking for comfort in a crisis time
Abhijit Banerjee Cooking, and eating, are often on Abhijit Banerjee's mind. But for the Nobel-winning economist, what starts with planning...
Wet dhotis, satin shirts and pujor bhog
My great-great-grandfather is one of the figures that most families probably have (or need to invent), whose impractical ways lost...
Small bites and big bets: The challenge of philanthropy
It was the first time I had been invited to the kind of reception where important people go to meet...