Boaba’ my paternal grandmother, is a loud, ‘like it or lump it’ kind of woman. While other elders wear somber pherans of various mothy hues, her signature pheran is a loud turquoise…
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It’s not everyday you can say something hasn’t been photographed in NYC. It’s the city of a million snapshots and a thousand fashion editorials – but where haute couture has been photographed…
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You know there are those dishes people name ‘Poor man’s pudding or Poor man’s such and such’ – iterating that the ingredients are cheap and basic? I really dislike that term. It…
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Resistance through fashion. I’m bringing Kashmiri back. Remember when we last talked about pherans ? That is still one of the most read posts on Mamanushka. As I write this I’ve just…
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You might have noticed I have had Kashmir on my mind. As an ode to her return to Kashmir, I shared Mama-in-Law’s method of making the ever elusive Koshur aanchar (there were…
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A Tale Of Tradition It’s a common question in most diasporic households… every time someone is planning a trip to the ‘Motherland’ they will ask; Is there anything you’d like me to…
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Exactly eight years ago I moved from England to the USA. It was around this time of the year, I was getting acquainted with the nature of American politics, (remember Sarah Palin?…