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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The essence of food can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back memories not just of eating food itself but also of place and setting. Food is an effective trigger of deeper memories of feelings and emotions, internal states of the mind and body. For those that migrate to new lands where taste, texture and aroma alienate their native palate, the preservation of cooking styles and ingredients from the old world serve as an anchor in uncharted waters.
Foods and Flavors has stories that are journeys of the human spirit as they fight to preserve their core while excelling and evolving.
Nandita Chatterjee
Nandita Chatterjee is an American author of South Asian descent. She is an avid advocate of rights for women and children in the South Asian community and is committed to supporting their mobilization and protection in Domestic Violence situations. She focused her undergraduate studies at DePaul University around History with a focus on South Asian studies followed by her graduate education at Loyola Law School where her interest laid in Family Law.
Writing has been a passion for her from an early age as she was first published as a 17-year-old by Magna Publication’s Society Interiors, where she explored the architecture of homes that belonged to non-resident Indians, highlighting the role of cultural assimilation when one sets up their dream home in a new country. This was followed by a series of editorial pieces discussing the popular term – “ABCD” – American Born Confused Desi. Using her own experiences as a second-generation Indian American, and that of her peers, she brought several hard-hitting issues to the forefront, becoming a prominent voice for her generation. She was published in magazines such as Femina and newspapers in India and abroad.
As a teenager she met a young Afghani women who came to this country as refugees to escape injustice in their home country at the hands of a deeply patriarchal tribal culture in rural parts of Afghanistan. This led her to chronicling the journey of the Afghani girl as she navigated through life in the new world. The experience ignited a desire to pen stories that took readers through a cerebral journey of emotions leading to self discovery.
