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This new magazine looks at food and food culture from an Indian perspective, featuring stories, art, and photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned, written and printed in India, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edhoop \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an immersion in ways of thinking and eating that don’t necessarily begin from the same reference points that US or European writers might share. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the diversity of Indian culture is such that while contributing authors might take it for granted that readers don’t need to be told that Ahmedabad is a long way from Madurai, they’re still eager to share the particular delights of a family-owned bakery in Bangalore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe theme of this second issue is \"commensality,\" the joy of sharing a meal with others. For some contributors, those others must be close friends, “always at someone’s home, comfy on their couch.” But for others, such as Akansha Patil, an army brat who grew up living all over the country, eating with new people was a part of changing from an outsider to a local.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dhoop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40108193349667,"sku":"","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/dhoop2_cover.jpg?v=1693561353"},{"product_id":"luru-magazine-issue-01","title":"LURU Magazine Issue 01","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuru’s first foray into stories you can hold, not scroll. 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We aren’t just talking about cooking in isolation, we are talking about how cooking interacts and engages with nature, culture, sustainability, and design. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-1afe01d6-7fff-58bd-685b-6133deb4f4f7\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNikita Biswal took me into her kitchen, where she cooks alongside a lyrical, melodious companion. When Devi wrote about the chaos in her kitchen mirroring the chaos in her head, I felt both attacked and comforted, knowing that I am not alone. Nabilah Noorani’s writing held up a mirror, filled with the rotten veggies in the corners of my fridge and compelled me to think about how less is more, and how more sometimes could be wasteful. I got lost into an unfamiliar world through Sanjana’s writing, only to find a world of my own making, which mostly always starts with cooking familiar foods in unfamiliar, sometimes faraway lands. 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