"Last week it was 40 rupees a kilo! Now 50? Have you started farming diamonds?"
The Indian day begins before the sun. In the Sen household in Kolkata, the ritual starts with a bell. As the matriarch, Arundhati Sen, lights the oil lamp in the puja (prayer) room, the brass bell’s clang slices through the sleep of 11 people. "Last week it was 40 rupees a kilo
On a Thursday in a Gujarati household, the lunch thali is a masterpiece: Rotli, Dal, Chawal, Shaak, Farsan, and Chhundo (sweet mango pickle). The children are home from school, tired and cranky. tired and cranky.
