The Flavours of Nationalism: A Memoir with Recipes for Love, Hate and Friendship

Description

In this extraordinary memoir, Nandita Haksar uses memories and ideas of

food to ask fundamental questions about what we eat, who we eat with, who

starves and who feasts, which foods are forbidden or denigrated-and what

all this says about our country. Starting with her childhood in the 1950s,

Haksar takes us on a fascinating journey through India, from wedding feasts

in her Kashmiri Pandit family settled in Old Delhi and Lucknow, to humanrights

activism on behalf of Nagas in Manipur; from listening to testimonies of

women working in Kerala's fisheries, to witnessing the impact of a globalized

food industry on livelihoods in Goa. She examines how our tastes and

attitudes to food are shaped by caste, class, religion, race and gender, and she

addresses the recent controversies over beef-eating, and 'Hindu' vs 'Muslim'

food. Scattered through the book are brilliant anecdotes-by turns startling,

amusing and moving-about culinary rituals and curiosities, and memorable

recipes from the many people Haksar has eaten with.

And always at the heart of the narrative is a fundamental question: How can a

people who won't eat together, as equals, stay united?

Author: Nandita Haksar
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
Published: 06/10/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9789387693678

About the Author
Haksar, Nandita: - 'Nandita Haksar' is a human-rights lawyer, teacher, campaigner and writer. She has represented the victims of army atrocities in the North East India, Kashmiris framed in terrorism cases, migrant workers and refugees seeking asylum in India. She is the author of several books, including 'Nagaland File: A Question of Human Rights' (co-edited with Luingam Luithui) (1984); 'Rogue Agent: How India's Military Intelligence Betrayed the Burmese Resistance'; 'ABC of Naga Culture and Civilization: A Resource Book' (2011); 'The Judgement That Never Came: Army Rule in Northeast India' (co-authored with Sebastian Hongray) (2011); 'Across the Chicken Neck: Travels in Northeast India' (2013), 'The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism: From the Cold War to the Present Day' (2015), 'The Exodus Is Not Over: Migrations from the Ruptured Homelands of Northeast India' (2016) and 'Antarctica: Profits of Discovery Nationalism Beyond Borders' (forthcoming). Haksar lives in Goa, Delhi and sometimes Ukhrul, with her husband, Sebastian Hongray.

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