Bad Table Manners Podcast
1) Immigrantly: From Cells & Microbes to Cookies & Masala
Hello Bad Table Manners listeners. I’d love to introduce you an episode of Immigrantly. Immigrantly is a weekly podcast that dares to deconstruct immigrant status. Hosted by social entrepreneur & acti...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Revolutionary Seed: Voice to Indian Farmers
In September 2020, the government of India approved a series of agricultural acts, often referred to as the “Farm Bills.” What was proposed threatened to change the state of agriculture in India forev...Show More
3) How Indian Food Became Frustratingly Hip
Thanks to the cool-ification of Indian food, traditional ingredients from the subcontinent, like turmeric and ghee, are now repackaged and resold in Western and Westernized markets as if they were “ne...Show More
4) Beyond Momos: Imaginary Homelands and Tibetan Food in India
Beginning with a brief history of Tibetans in exile, this episode explores how food can create imaginary homelands, even if it means that authenticity itself needs to be invented and reinvented. Three...Show More
5) Ripples and Tipples: How Partition Changed Indian Food
In 1947, the British finally left India after 300 years of colonial rule. They created many arbitrary borders as they left, the most prominent of which was the line that was to separate India from Pak...Show More
6) Mid-Day Meal
The Mid-Day Meal feeds millions of schoolgoing Indian children daily, and has widely been considered one of India’s most successful welfare programs. Two economists who have been instrumental in its s...Show More
7) Where There Are No Butchers, There Are Cinnamon Buns
This episode flips the script on caste and food by celebrating and exploring the food practices of caste oppressed communities. Is there such a thing as “Dalit cuisine?” Do Dalit chefs and food enthus...Show More
8) The Dream of Two Kitchens
This episode presents a micro-history of contemporary Indian kitchen design, as told by Manju Sara Rajan, the editor of a prominent design magazine, and Madhav Raman, an award-winning architect in New...Show More
9) Eating Capital
Eating Capital focuses on the restaurant business in Delhi and Mumbai, an industry that, according to most experts, has irrevocably transformed due to the COVID pandemic. Cloud kitchens have exploded,...Show More
10) The Juice of Mango Clichés
To speak about Indian mangoes may be cliché, but because Indians never seem to tire of the subject, there’s always some juice. London-based writer, Nikesh Shukla, will humorously tell us how to devour...Show More