Chef’s ‘bordered menus’ show how food unites people across political divides

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Chef Ragini Kashyap knows from her own family’s history in Punjab that food often unites people across political borders, and even across conflict zones. She’s made it her mission to develop and serve what she calls “bordered menus” — dinners that center around conflict and cultures divided by war, but connected through food. Chhavi Sachdev reports from Mumbai.

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