THE FLAVOURS OF NATIONALISM - Haksar, Nandita
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Description In this extraordinary memoir, Nandita Haksar uses memories and ideas of food to ask fundamental questions about what we eat, who we eat with, who starves and who feasts, which foods are forbidden or denigrated-and what all this says about our country. Starting with her childhood in the 1950s, Haksar takes us on a fascinating journey through India, from wedding feasts in her Kashmiri Pandit family settled in Old Delhi and Lucknow, to humanrights activism on behalf of Nagas in Manipur; from listening to testimonies of women working in Kerala's fisheries, to witnessing the impact of a…mehr

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Description In this extraordinary memoir, Nandita Haksar uses memories and ideas of food to ask fundamental questions about what we eat, who we eat with, who starves and who feasts, which foods are forbidden or denigrated-and what all this says about our country. Starting with her childhood in the 1950s, Haksar takes us on a fascinating journey through India, from wedding feasts in her Kashmiri Pandit family settled in Old Delhi and Lucknow, to humanrights activism on behalf of Nagas in Manipur; from listening to testimonies of women working in Kerala's fisheries, to witnessing the impact of a globalized food industry on livelihoods in Goa. She examines how our tastes and attitudes to food are shaped by caste, class, religion, race and gender, and she addresses the recent controversies over beef-eating, and 'Hindu' vs 'Muslim' food. Scattered through the book are brilliant anecdotes-by turns startling, amusing and moving-about culinary rituals and curiosities, and memorable recipes from the many people Haksar has eaten with. And always at the heart of the narrative is a fundamental question: How can a people who won't eat together, as equals, stay united?
Autorenporträt
'Nandita Haksar' and 'Sebastian M. Hongray' began their political journey as human rights activists while studying in the Jawaharlal Nehru University. In the early 1980s, they began working full time in the human rights movement. They filed the first cases against the Indian Armed Forces, for committing human rights violations, in the Supreme Court and before the Guwahati High Court. They have also been involved in the Indo-Naga peace process, and represented NSCN leaders internationally, before the UNHCR, Geneva and before the courts in Thailand. Their publications include 'The Judgement That Never Came: Army Rule in North East India; ABC of Naga Culture and Civilization: A Resource Book' (Nandita Haksar); 'Across the Chicken Neck: Travels in Northeast India' (Nandita Haksar) and 'The Exodus Is Not Over: Migrations from the Ruptured Homelands of Northeast India' (Nandita Haksar). Haksar and Hongray are married and live in Goa and Delhi and sometimes in Ukhrul.