BBC
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'I told her how I had never felt at home anywhere, and how disconnected I had always felt from the country of my birth.'
Awanthi Vardaraj
(She/Her)
Covers:
food, women's health, women's rights, social justice, memoir, travel
Doesn't Cover:
politics, tech
Absent-minded writer & editor. Cat mum. Team Cake For Breakfast. She/Her
My work: muckrack.com/awanthi
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Awanthi Vardaraj’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridGoing From the Best Food to the Cheapest Food
The Billfold
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I can no longer afford fruits but sometimes I do treat myself to bananas when I'm feeling particularly rich.
How A Broken-Hearted Young Girl Found Healing In Her Grandmother's Vadais
The Salt (NPR)
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Love can come from where you least expect it. And while a girl learns from her grandmother how to make her favorite Indian breakfast treat, she finds that food, family and love are often intertwined.
Perspective | Ghee has been an Indian staple for millennia. Now the rest of the world is catching...
The Washington Post
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The clarified butter that's hailed as a "superfood" and popular with Keto followers is easy to make at home.
India's Chikkis Are the Best Peanut Brittle You'll Ever Eat
Saveur
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Made with roasted peanuts and caramel-like jaggery, these are candies worth getting to know.
How I Invented Strawberries & Cream Kulfi - GOYA
goya.in
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Kulfi steeped in nostalgia, creativity & love | Awanthi Vardaraj
Making Vathals, Vadagams, and Vadams: A South Indian Summer Ritual
The Epoch Times
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The making of vathals, vadagams, and vadams is a uniquely South Indian tradition that harnesses the power of the sun.
What It Is Like To Live With Mental Illness In India
BuzzFeed
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There is so much about mental illness that is not just unseen, but hopelessly misunderstood by the law, people, and Indian society.
A Day With: Unipolar Depression - Headspace
www.headspace.com
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"As I battled to make sense of my world, it often felt as though I were walking around in a fog with cotton-wool soles."