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Category: diva di’vine

  • Of Parangi’s and Pundigatti.

    Of Parangi’s and Pundigatti.

    vegetables like tomato began their Indian Odessey as ‘bilayati begoon’ and pineaple is known as ‘parangi’hannu or the foreign fruit. Today they are totally rooted in the indian cuisine.

  • Kitchen Klutz to Kitchen Queen.

    Kitchen Klutz to Kitchen Queen.

    A humorous take on National Kitchen Klutzes Day, celebrating glorious kitchen disasters, culinary chaos, and one determined teen’s triumph over custard halwa—with plenty of flour flying.

  • Of Deep Freezers and Gender War

    Of Deep Freezers and Gender War

    At Mango Meadows, deep-frozen kozhambu labelled November 2024 and eaten April 2025 sparks a heated debate on lead-laced glues, Ayurveda’s prana and kitchen gender politics.

  • Wise Fool who treads where Morality Dreads.

    Wise Fool who treads where Morality Dreads.

    “The Vidūṣaka laughs, but never mindlessly—his foolery exposes deep truths. In questioning moral narratives, he reclaims autonomy from the margins of satire and stage.”

  • The Feminist Maverick’s Manifesto

    The Feminist Maverick’s Manifesto

    By Maa Crookamati. 🔮 INVOCATION I invoke the power of compost and contradiction.I do not seek a throne — I claim the kitchen garden, the broken bylane, the tribal rhythm, and the whistle of a pressure cooker during load-shedding. May we become proud Indians, not because we stand taller, but because we kneel deeper —…

  • Aunt Selvi Writes the Maverick’s Manifesto.

    Aunt Selvi Writes the Maverick’s Manifesto.

    “India is buffering, Bharat is a brochure. Parwati Singari awakens us—not with slogans, but with soil, satire, and a maverick’s fearless clarity.”