A sour taste of home*
On tamarind, its history in the subcontinent, & tides of empire
Growing up in Chennai, tamarind was everywhere. Walking to school, I’d find pods of tamarind strewn on the ground alongside fiery red hibiscus flowers. On my walk to and from school, I’d collect as m…
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