After an exhausting and enormous amount of travel — 18 hours by plane and seven by car — we arrived on the other side of the globe from Yakima in Surat, India, a town of 8 million people that you ...

Mehr Singh is a food and culture reporter based in New York. Her work appears in Bon Appétit, Food52, and other publications. On a breezy evening in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2022, moments before ...

The biggest transaction that ever takes place in an Indian household is marriage. But what exactly happens during marriage transactions? You look at a ‘good’ or ‘service’, you gauge it, judge it and ...

You’re invited to your first Indian wedding, and you’re not quite sure what to wear. Dressing for the many vibrant functions of a multi-day Indian celebration can feel overwhelming—especially if ...