No article on Indian lifestyle is complete without the tectonic shift occurring in the domestic sphere. For centuries, the Indian woman’s story was the kitchen and the pallu (the end of the saree pulled over the head).

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Indian lifestyle stories are written on the palate. But more than the spices, the defining act is the tactile relationship with food.

To live the Indian lifestyle is to accept that the train will be late, but that the chai at the station will be perfect; that the traffic is terrible, but the music on the radio is great; that life is absurdly complicated, but somehow—through jugaad , family, and faith—it always works out.