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THAT NIGHT, FOR PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I HAD PAPA KE HAATH KA KHAANA. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HELPED, BUT IT WAS PAPAJI WHO WAS CLEARLY THE STAR, AND MUMMYJI THE ASSISTANT.
YOU SEE, I GREW UP IN A FAMILY WHERE MY AUNTS AND UNCLES CLAIMED TO BE VERY ‘MODERN’ AND ‘BROAD MINDED’. YET, CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN RESPONSIBILITIES WERE ALWAYS LIMITED TO WOMEN.
THE LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR ACTED AS A HUGE LEVELLER IN MANY WAYS…AND WHILE THAT DID HELP GET MEN A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED AT HOME, THE ONUS OF KITCHEN WORK ALWAYS LAY ON WOMEN. IT SEEMS THEIR PART OF THE CHORES WERE RESTRICTED TO DOING ‘MANLY’ THINGS LIKE GETTING THE GROCERIES, TEACHING THE KIDS MATH, LIFTING AND REARRANGING THINGS, AND CLEANING THE PANKHA—LADKO WALE KAAM.
Brands like Wonderchef go the extra mile with their millennial-friendly range of cookware that’s as functional as it is good looking. MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE IS THE NUTRIBLEND. GETTING MY HUSBAND TO WHIP UP OUR BREAKFAST OATS CHEELA BATTER WHILE I GET THE NON-STICK PAN HOT AND READY ON THE STOVE, HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER! IT’S SUCH A GREAT BONDING ACTIVITY TOO.
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