Epiphany in the Cacophony

Category: 90s Nostalgia

  • Leela Ammama

    My grandmother’s best friend passed on yesterday.  Leelammama personified the quintessential grandmother. The matriarchal, nurturing kind that you would cast in Malayali pickle commercials. She would have her white hair pulled back in a bun, dress in crisp white cotton sarees, wear gold bangles around her wrists and earrings that she never took off.  She’d preside…

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  • The Great Migration

    This would be the last phase in which the only rules they had to follow – were the explicit ones.

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  • View from the Balcony

    We often forget that so many of the things we celebrate about our grandmothers – like their signature mango pickle, their ability to darn your blouse an hour before a wedding or have home remedies for everything from acne to period cramps, came at a heavy cost.

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