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"The Sun Decides the Day, the Market Shapes the Plate": Changing Lives in Yuksam
Near Hungri Monastery, Kanchi sits in her kitchen, boiling a packet of instant noodles. Her children, home from school in the city, have brought several packets with them. She cooks the noodles, tastes a little while stirring, and quietly admits, "I cannot blame them. Those flavours are very good". After they return to school, she sometimes buys a few packets for herself from the local markets, even as she warns them, "These foods will upset your stomach". This small moment c

Abhishek
Jun 126 min read
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