Indian history as a moveable Feast

Colleen Taylor Sen's chronicle of the evolution of the Indian diet contradicts several myths about the subcontinent's culinary traditions

Vikram Gopal  August 13, 2016 Last Updated at 00:00 IST

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FEASTS AND FASTS A history of food in india Author: Colleen Taylor Sen Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Price: Rs 699 Pages: 348 How does one approach a history of the food of India in these times? Does the moral politics of today have any historical backing? There is fresh evidence every day that the centrality of food to politics has not diminished. Cow vigilantes, undeterred by the pleas and admonitions of the prime minister, continue in their quest for justice for the cow. But did the cow enjoy as much protection in the past as it does now? In that context, Colleen ...

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Indian history as a moveable Feast