A political buffet with side dishes
As the daughter of an advisor to the PM, Haksar's background is about as privileged as it gets. But even as she remembers families and feasts, she is clear-sighted, acknowledging the cosmopolitan values that governed her growing up.
When people from privileged backgrounds write memoirs about food, they tend to be heavy on nostalgia and low on self-awareness. Lavish feasts, loving families and loyal servants crowd the pages. We rarely read about the labour behind these confections-the domestic drudgery that swallows up women's entire lives.
