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The Locavore Champions

Hand to Mouth: The Precarious Connections Between Food and Labour

May 29, 2025
Mukta Patil

What do we see and invisibilise when we think about the connections between work and food? What does access to resources—and organising for them—have to do with nutrition and dignity of labour? Photo courtesy of Priyanka Tupe/BehanBox.

In this anthology-style feature documenting the fraught relationships between food and labour in India, Mukta Patil gathers perspectives from journalist Priyanka Tupe, union leader Anita Kapoor, and economist Dr. Jean Drèze.

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Everyday Locavores

Naveen Yadav

May 16, 2025
Divya Mahatme

“Comrade! Zindabad! How are you?” Naveen Bhai’s voice booms. Naveen Yadav, 42, is a street vendor, activist, and member of Janwaadi Hawker’s Sabha (JHS) and CITU. His broad smile belies…

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From the Fields

Farm Workers On How Heat Impacts Their Work

May 16, 2025
Mukta Patil

We spoke to agricultural workers from The Locavore's community of partner producers to understand how heat intersects with labour, especially for working women, and how they cope with rising temperatures.

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Books on Food

The Migrant Women Running Delhi’s Informal Economy

May 8, 2025
Neha Dixit

Published in 2024, The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian is Neha Dixit’s first book. Photo courtesy of Juggernaut Books.

By following Syeda’s journey—from trimming the loose threads of jeans to cooking namkeen, and from shelling almonds to making tea strainers—Neha Dixit tries to capture the lived realities of the…

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Inside My Kitchen

Cooking for Many is an Exercise in Endurance

August 9, 2023
Riddhi Dastidar

Between March and May this year, Riddhi Dastidar knocks on the doors of Mazdoor Kitchen,a welfare initiative that feeds Delhi’s labourers and homeless,many times. During these visits, they unravel a story of persistent survival in the face of state failure.

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