FoodAndMemory
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Spices and Scars
Meghna Varma 1 The monsoon clouds rolled in like silk unfurling over the Arabian Sea, casting a silver hush over the old Varghese estate. At the edge of Fort Kochi’s quieter inland, the ancestral home stood like a memory that refused to be erased—timbered walls darkened with age, red tiles mossed over, and spice trees…