Sarmaya Talks by Dr Kurush Dalal: Exploring the Indian Palate

With his talk titled 'Exploring the Indian Palate: Why We Eat What We Eat', Dr Kurush Dalal kept us entertained as he busted common food myths and traced the food journeys of our species over the millenia. He then narrowed his focus to talk about the variety and surprising origins of Indian foods that we take completely for granted, from the humble potato to the ubiquitous papaya.
Dr Kurush Dalal is an archaeologist, historian, food anthropologist and raconteur. He has a PhD on the Early Iron Age from Pune University, but subsequently shifted focus to the early medieval and colonial periods. He is an Assistant Professor of the Archeology Department at the University of Mumbai and the co-director of the Salcette Explorations Project, which documents the archaeology of Mumbai. Recently, he’s taken a keen interest in researching culinary anthropology and food archaeology. Dr Dalal owns Katy’s Kitchen, a beloved and popular Mumbai catering service specialising in ethnic Parsi food.
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[@ritikchopra8183]

Such an engaging and informative talk! Thank you for this!

[@ebby247]

Can't we have faith based on fact

[@sridhar6788]

Bit of an misinterpretation here.. there was change in climate for sure at the end of the last ice age. The sea levels rose and the newer land forms we can see it.. the current push to around climate change is that we dont trigger another climatic event which will cause the conditions that we have prospered as a species to be not so anymore..

[@aniruddhbahuguna5462]

Ur data may be wrong

[@aniruddhbahuguna5462]

Sir milk dicovered vegetarian

[@maddypanjwani]

He walks with a stick?😕