From Odisha, With Love
Richa Maheshwari, the founder of fashion brand Boito, tells about rediscovering her roots during a sabbatical and finding out how Odia people weave stories into textiles.
WORDS by SHARMI ADHIKARY
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Where Greens Meet Gourmet
With Salad Life, Zorawar and Dildeep Kalra are not just tossing leaves, they are shaking up the salad game, one delicious, nutritious bowl at a time.
By Sharmi Adhikary
Tari – The Taste of India
Reviving authentic Indian food traditions and cultures that fit snugly into mainstream discourse, Chef Unnati Gupta’s unique, experiential catering brand Tari is serving nostalgia and heritage with every meal,
By Sharmi Adhikary
PRAVEER SHRIVASTAVA
Is Building India’s Plant-Protein Future
Krishna McKenzie’s life from Krishnamurti’s classroom to India’s food forests
COVER STORY
In a world where contamination clouds our view of nature’s bounty, Krishna McKenzie envisioned a brighter future for India. He saw beauty in its culture and the abundance of fruits and vegetables. Driven by sustainability, he sought to showcase the purity of these resources and highlight conscious consumption. Through his efforts, he aimed to deepen our understanding of sustainable food systems and inspire others to value nature's gifts and support greener practices.
KAVITA DEVGAN
Eating For The Next Decade
DR. KHADER VALLI
The Millet Man of India
Chef Vikas Chawla
The Millet Chef of India
Chef Johnson
Farmlore Where The Land Dictates The Plate
Aprajita Bansal’s battle for honest food at Phal Phool
In the mist-shrouded hills of Himachal Pradesh, where apple orchards cling to steep slopes like nature’s own rebellion against gravity, Phal Phool took root not from a glossy business plan, but from a daughter’s quiet fury at a broken system. Aprajita Bansal, the self-proclaimed “favourite farmer girl” behind it all, never set out to launch a food venture. She was an IT engineer hustling in Noida’s corporate world, far from the family farm where her parents toiled year-round. But one supermarket sticker on apples at ₹360 a kilo flipped a switch. Why, she wondered, did city shoppers pay a fortune, while her folks scraped by at ₹30-40 in the local mandi?