In the inaugural volume of Patina, 7 creatives answer the question: what do we carry, and why?
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Home Is A Slow Place
What happens when you outgrow a place, and then outgrow the idea that you ever could? In this reflective photo essay, Bhavi Jariwala traces a reluctant return to her hometown of Surat, a city…
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Preserving Kabok, Preserving Heritage
Daniel Yumkham writes about Kabok, Manipur’s likely only sweet dish, and the baggage it carries—and his community carries on behalf of it.
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Received with Thanks: A Memoir in Lists and Bills
During the pandemic, Jayasri Sridhar’s mother and uncle bring home bags full of her grandfather’s documents. As they irritably shred everything they deem to be trash, Jayasri pilfers as much as she can of…
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In The Margins of My Grandfather’s Dictionary
Ritu Koppad inherits her grandfather’s Oxford English Dictionary, and with it a crisis of identity passed down through generations.
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What The Dolls Remember
Shriya Karanam reflects on the Gombe Habba and the threads that run parallel to it: class and caste, ritual and ritual-keeping. It’s a tradition that reflects both the labour of artisans and the complexities…
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The Rhythms of My Mother-in-Law’s Kitchen
Sasha Madan holds a magnifying glass to her relationship with the kitchen—and everything being in one entails—through her relationship with her mother-in-law.
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The Gastronomy of Grief
Zinnia Sengupta archives the role of food in grief, remembrance and other things we carry.
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