Mithila Phadke
Privacy and Perception Issue
As My Family Tried to Arrange My Marriage, I Was Secretly Swiping on Tinder
My parents, unaware that I already had a dating profile of my own, signed me up for an online matchmaking service—similar, in a sense, to Tinder, but with far different expectations.
Mithila Phadke
6.20.18
The Privacy and Perception Issue
As My Family Tried to Arrange My Marriage, I Was Secretly Swiping on Tinder
My parents, unaware that I already had a dating profile of my own, signed me up for an online matchmaking service—similar, in a sense, to Tinder, but with far different expectations.
Mithila Phadke
6.18.18
not an ad
These Overly Processed Instant Noodles Own a Piece of My Heart
For Indians across generations, Maggi noodles are an intrinsic part of their masala-smacked memories.
Mithila Phadke
5.30.18
Snacks
Why Pringles Will Always Taste Like Luxury to Me
As a kid growing up in ’90s Mumbai, Pringles were Rich People Food: irresistibly delicious and a needless extravagance.
Mithila Phadke
5.14.18
Chinese food
I Cooked Through My Depression with China’s Eight Great Cuisines
It sounded simple enough—make one dish from the eight provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. I had just uprooted from Mumbai to Beijing, and was extremely lonely.
Mithila Phadke
4.9.18