Indian families celebrate various festivals and traditions throughout the year. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of the most significant celebrations. Families clean and decorate their homes, light diyas, and exchange gifts. Other festivals like Holi, Navratri, and Eid are also celebrated with great enthusiasm.
In the dim light, she mixed the rice with the dahi, added a pinch of salt, and mashed it with her fingers—just like her mother had taught her. It was the food of midnight confessions, of childhood fevers, of pure, uncomplicated love.
The collective effort to dry mangoes on the roof for homemade pickles ( aachar ).
