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Stories of Courage #1: Savitribai Phule

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On Kitchens

Johanna Rabindran I’ve spent hundreds of hours poring over floor plans, the more complicated the better. I trace the path from bed to doorstep. I squeal over open corridors and tiled balconies and rooms built around a central courtyard. I’ve designed libraries, schools, palaces, tree-houses, bookshops, gardens and toy-rooms, all for the sheer pleasure of …

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On Gender,Food and Power

Johanna Rabindran Although, technically speaking, all humans eat food, the practices related to cooking, eating, and feeding are deeply embedded in culture and identity. Politics and power are reflected in food practices (the vegan movement, the beef ban, malnutrition, and so on). In The Anthropology of Food and Body, Counihan argues that as a site …

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