
Krish Ashok on Indian Food, Carnatic Music, and the Future of the Workplace
Ideas of India
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How Do I Translate Kamanam?
In everything, we follow this oral tradition. The person whois cooking is bringing some magic rite, something, that extra special x factor which is what makes the cooking so great. It's almost, it's like the cast system, right? The cimonum is also passed down genetically, almost, right? Yes, yes. We don't have manuals for anything. What explains this obsession that we have as indians? This has always fascinated me forever. I was recently talking to virginia postrell on the podcast. She's talked about this in the context of textile and, you know, knitting and weaving patterns. That's clearly one overtime. As you rightly said, it helps
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