TIFFIN ~ for Lakshmi and Tulasi ~ First published by Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd 2015 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110002 Copyright © Rukmini Srinivas 2015 Food photographs by Nina Gallant in Boston and Mahesh Bhat in Bengaluru Family photographs from the author’s album Book design by Maithili Doshi Aphale The views and opinions expressed in this book are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by her which have been verified to the extent possible, and the publishers are not in any way liable for the same. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-81-291-2390-9 First impression 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The moral right of the author has been asserted. Typeset by Rajkumari John This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated, without the publisher’s prior consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. CONTENTS Introduction My Parents and Siblings Masala Vadai and Midwifery A Victorian Meat Grinder in an Indian Vegetarian Kitchen In Somwar Peth, Poona, for Potato Bhaaji and Bhakri The Impromptu Tea Party Aboard the Deccan Queen Thayir Vadai and Idada with Lord Rama and Cinderella in Bombay Pound Day at St Helena's School Fun and Fasting with Annam Athai Narayana's Saturday Night Bajji Holi Feast at the Gol Bazaar Orphanage in Jubbulpore Appa's Retirement and the Move to Tanjore Deepavali Celebrations in Tanjore Krishnan Nair's Appams in Queen Mary’s College The Mobile Canteen on the Madras Marina
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