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Date: 06/07/2025
Cooking with someone is a strange kind of intimacy.
One moves, the other follows.
You reach for salt, they pass it before you ask.
It’s clumsy, full of jokes and little burns and spilled dal.
But it’s a rhythm.
We once cooked khichdi together—me, chopping too slow, she stirring too fast.
We laughed more than we cooked.
In the end, the rice was undercooked, but the moment was perfect.
Some meals don’t feed your stomach.
They feed your bond.
If you get a chance this week—cook with someone you love.
Not for the food. For the mess.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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