How to Write Indianish in 2023

Priya Agrawal is a food reporter for The New York Times and the author of multiple cookbooks. She says she wanted to "plant a flag in the ground" by writing Indianish without italicizing or othering words that were not English. A common practice, she said, was to lean into exoticized Indian tropes such as Ganesh-based dishes like Gardi. agrawal: I want the photos to sort of capture our everyday living in Dallas, Texas, growing up.