The politics of cuisine in India's social system

Marginalized Dalit culinary wisdom has been hidden for centuries

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Gunaabaai, the mother of "Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada" author Shahu Patole, prepares food at her home in Osmanabad, India. (Photo by Bhushan Korgaonkar)

ZINARA RATHNAYAKE

MUMBAI -- The first time I encountered Dalit food was a recipe for blood fry, a goat-blood dish often prepared by Dalit communities across India in the absence of meat.

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