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Ep 8: Ritu Dalmia: On food, family & LGBTQI community

Oct 26, 2023 · 33m 26s
Ep 8: Ritu Dalmia: On food, family & LGBTQI community
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The smell of ‘hing’ coming in contact with oil, tomato and basil cooking together, melting chocolate…these are a few of chef https://www.instagram.com/ritudal/?hl=en favourite things. In this delightful chat, the co-founder...

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The smell of ‘hing’ coming in contact with oil, tomato and basil cooking together, melting chocolate…these are a few of chef Ritu Dalmia’s favourite things. In this delightful chat, the co-founder of Diva restaurants talks about how success for her has never been about money, how a shared meal can end the worst fights and her journey to becoming a voice for the LGBTQI community. She also talks about easy self-acceptance and coming out as gay at 23 to her mom, who asked “Lesbian kya hota hai?" Follow and share to grow the conversation.

Chapters:

00:30 From a marble business to food
01:22 Cooking was my private time
02:35 First unsuccessful venture; no regrets
04:50 No space for arrogance
05:07 What success means
07:44 What luxury means
09:10 What cooking means
09:47 Rediscovering Indian food at 40
11:12 The beautiful smell of ‘ hing tadka’
11:57 Simple home food; serving ‘parwal’ and ‘torai’
13:48 People coming together through food
17:10 Singing to deal with ‘lows’
18:35 Writing a journal when younger
19:30 Growing older; learning to letting go
22:00 On standing up for LGBTQI
26:29 Coming out as gay
29:10 Important that law is on your side
29:45 Family support
30:53 An eternal optimist

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