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A meal large enough for anyone.

The work and welcome of the people who keep the kitchen moving.

Punjab

First passage

I begin Punjab with langar. It is a place to start looking at the labour, landscape, memory and changing present that gather around a single thread. A real portrait needs many voices and many return visits. This first passage simply leaves the door open.

This is a first doorway, not a total account of a place. As the archive grows, I will shape these stories with local knowledge, review and full credit to the people in them.

Four ways to meet a place.

01

Food

Makki di roti and sarson da saag make winter feel like an invitation.

02

Festival

Vaisakhi carries harvest, history and a powerful communal spirit.

03

Flora & fauna

Wetlands and grasslands provide shelter for migratory birds and blackbuck.

04

Fashion & craft

Phulkari turns everyday cloth into a field of patient embroidery.

Next field journalRajasthan↗

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