Noshtalgia
Come summer, and images of Amma squatting on her haunches, pickling baby mangoes, lemons and gooseberries, return to my mind. It’s hard to hold on to memories when the objects and subjects that animated them have passed on.
Still, I am the proud owner of the family jaadi or pickle jar, which has seen the Rao family through several summers. The pickles we stored in this olive green jar were healthy and nutritious long before fermented food became a hashtag.
