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COOKING UP CHANGE

The air is filled with the aroma of grilled chicken. The pleasant whiff of mushrooms and dal being cooked in stock pots is no less tantalising. Over a dozen women donning chef caps walk briskly across the 1,000 square foot kitchen, some busy stirring the pots, others making chapatis and one frying papad in a huge wok.

It’s 1 pm—lunchtime—and another group of women

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