1st woman to get PhD in biochem battled food adulteration, gender bias
MUMBAI: In an adulteration-battling, early-1970s Mumbai, when the silver foil covering local gulab jamuns was made up of 98% aluminium, an exhibition in Girgaum—brimming with spurious food colouring agents, sawdust-filled powders and false weights— debunked various kitchen myths for the “housewife”.
The Times of India ·