Mitu Jayashankar

You want to attack a people and wipe them out? Attack their food.” How colonial rule and government sponsored industrial farming destroyed a native cuisine and created the highest incidence of heart disease and diabetes in the process. Exquisite writing. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

Tired of celebrity baby pics. Its normal for couples to have kids. What’s so special about it?

Watching them navigate the gendered expectations and parochialism of the film industry feels claustrophobic. The Bollywood-ification of the wives is just another day in patriarchy. vogue.in/culture-and-li…

Elizabeth II was a countrywoman at heart, Anthony Lane writes. “That is to say, she was hale, sane, shrewd, constitutionally stoic, and schooled to believe that time spent on emotional self-perusal or intellectual fretting is time wasted.” nyer.cm/OsZYiYc

A friend is keeping vigil as her father slips away. She’s honouring their time together by singing to him all the songs he taught her. This was my father’s favourite song. Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein Song | youtu.be/BVnz6oSupUM via @YouTube

Working parents are craving flexibility—and they're quitting their jobs to get it. Recent research shows that managers who are parents, and in particular women, provide much of the social support in organizations. Here's how to keep this crucial group➡️

“The most important thing is to do what feels good for you, even if doing what feels good is a 30-minute savasana followed by a 66-day hiatus.” nyer.cm/5vV4JDi

Men are serious, women are silly. Men are rational, women are emotional. Men are strong, women are weak. Men are steadfast, women are fickle. Men are objective, women are subjective. theguardian.com/books/2020/feb…

I love rainbows. There’s a perfect explanation for why they are formed. But to me they are magical. And I love the Hindi word for it even more - Indradhanush.

And what happens to Indians who say that the girl is a graduate. Ladki graduate hai. 🤷‍♀️

While listening to a podcast yesterday the host said he had to rush for his kid’s pre K graduation ceremony. If you are going to graduate from kindergarten then what will you graduate from when you actually graduate? 😒

The irony 🙁

This is frightening. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Priyanka Goswami walks 10 km in 43 minutes. Curious, I looked up my speed. I did 5 km yesterday in an hour 18 minutes. So if we set out together, she’d reach home and finish one full episode of Coffee with Karan by the time I saunter in. 🤷‍♀️

Darlings is a must watch for the issues it raises. Domestic violence is often explained as - he drinks, she teases, he is humiliated at work, she’s demanding. It is not about any of that. It’s a power play - fuelled by secrets, shame and conditioning.

Blr weather is like a teenager’s mood today. Sunny one minute and then heavy rains in the next.

Friends - Punjabis in real life don’t walk around doing Bhangra or saying balle balle all day long, nor do they drink whiskey every day or dress up in sleeveless blouses at home. Don’t believe Bollywood. They don’t know any regular Punjabi folks. Jug Jug Jeeyo.

I loved it, ☺️

@daftari But what will you do with the extra time if you are not going to shop, cook, get dressed, meet people, and watch Netflix? 🤷‍♀️

I do most of this and still haven’t reclaimed more than 1 hr

Never mind the poor ratings, watch Shabaash Mithu for acknowledging a great sports icon. And for Tapsee’s heartfelt performance. And for the song ‘Hindustan meri jaan’. Kyunki betiyon ne baazi mar li 🎶