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Learning the Language of Fruit

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

WORLDWIDE | Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry

The day my grandmother died, I thought of mango. A language barrier—she spoke only Tamil, and mine was broken at best—made conversation tough, so on my childhood visits to India we would sit and speak the quiet language of fruit. She carved up mangoes ... Read more >

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