Akshata Prabhu

curating words on the internet @libraryofscroll; all things consumer at @bainindia; views personal

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

My sister has found a spacious, sunlit 3BHK in Godrej Central Chembur, which is a ~15 minute drive to BKC, and is looking for 2 (female) flat-mates starting June 1st!

Do DM if interested! @fmrmumbai @MumbaiRoomi

[Rohini Mohan @rohini_mohan]

Why aren't more mainstream Indian papers doing this sort of ground + data reports? Even if they don't have the 💰to do such interactives/gfx, the narrative possible.
Just needs editorial will, such a story. Gr8 stuff @anniegowen et al in @washingtonpost
https://t.co/XqPhLH8SDY

[Ishan Kukreti @ikukreti]

This is the story which has been recognised in the Long-form writing category of 2023 CCNow Award.

https://t.co/GRQ3O5v8aB

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

"India's spectacular private libraries."

https://t.co/8d817JxwTh

[feat. a few books you may recognise at the end.]

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@MadameSengupta @natashabadhwar @frontline_india This is a really, really well written piece. I was not prepared for how nuanced it would be - I loved reading it.

[Prakriti @kritipraaa]

"When the neighbourhood aunty would cook rajma on Sundays, she would bring some for me. My mother would do the same for her kids. It was made sure that a dabba is never returned empty."
If you grew up in a small town and now live in a city for work/college, this essay is for you!

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@bookworm_Kris @NairAnvita @archanaphobia @vincimax @ditipujara The only time I saw them all in one place.

[Neerja @neerjadeodhar]

The best memoir writing comes from those who don't give into navel gazing and can look themselves in the eye. "There was more interest in my face than there ever was in my intellect. This is one reason that I have loved ageing—it has evened the scales."
https://t.co/MJMqjje2oJ

[Leonard Fernandes @leonardjensan]

This is getting framed and hung on a wall in the bookshop.

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@Naa_Cheese @silverlightgal Bandra has my heart, truly.

[griefcase @bakingpoetry]

Oranges by Jean Little

[Vittles @vittlesmagazine]

“‘If I had my jaw wired shut,’ she announced, ‘I’d suck double cream through a straw’.”

Today’s Cooking from Life column is about @Ro_Mclaughlin memories of her grandparents, their attitude to food and life, and a recipe for Tarte Dijonnaise

https://t.co/2cSNBc7jPj

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

The quizzer boy is quizzing it up.

[Shreyas Karanth @shreyas94]

I'm conducting the fortnightly KQA pub quiz this Wednesday at 8.30 pm!

I promise a fun and accessible set of questions, with some terrible jokes thrown in. So please register and show up!

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@itsliamcollens @pallavisangtani This is a fantastic list, thank you. Can attest to the knafeh from Feras Sweets being a flake-y creamy delight. Bookmarking this for the next Dubai visit!

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@mvarghoose This is a lovely question.

The hallyu wave, for sure. Themes like friendship, love, careers, loss are treated with such incredibly relatable nuance that I find it hard to shift back to mainstream pop culture.

I'm always pitching it to friends hoping they feel the same thing!

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

From 'A Bite in Time' by Tanya Mendonsa - located in the aisles of @ChampacaBooks by @shreyas94 because "it's about food, and Goa, so you need to have it!"

It's a food-filled memoir of the author's life in Calcutta, Paris, Goa, Bangalore and the Nilgiris. I did need to have it.

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

"Having looked at so many riches of every type, absorbed them, thought about them and tasted them, I had stored up a treasure of memories that would bear a fruit in the years to come, when I would draw on them endlessly in my creative work"

Oh, to build a treasure of this kind.

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

@prakharsnh

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

Relished the fantastic collection of food writing at @enthucutletmag. I am now mentally in the 90s armed with party snacks, maggi & hajmola.

Current favourite is this delight by @chasingiamb, which I'll use to cleanse my soul every time I see a QR menu: https://t.co/OJmaIilXLj

[Akshata Prabhu @itsakshata]

Oh no. My mother joined Twitter.

[Ramki @ramkid]

I discovered that my daughter will use an implement closest in size and shape, if the one she wants is not available. Ladles, inverted forks, disposable cutlery from restaurants, straws, and at a pinch, fingers. But she will not wash a spoon. +