Wrote about eating my way around coastal #Chennai and what that can tell you about caste in the city. Thanks a ton to @whetstone_mag @laylaschlack for publishing this! https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/journal/exploring-chennai-city-of-fish Coz the article uses stock photos, here are some of my pics

Uma akka's fish fry - the star of the story

Fishers labouring over a purse net on Elliots beach - standard activity on winter mornings

A catch of squid stains a boat with ink, at Bessie again

A rare catch of conchs which became an impromptu feast on the beach

Yet, beach shacks have to advertise 'pure veg' food. Why? South Chennai Brahminism

Meanwhile, places like Palagaithotti kuppam in #vadachennai battle coastal erosion + road/industrial development

There's also a whole other story about how urban development is squeezing out spaces for valuable foodways like mostly women-run fish markets and older fisherwomen drying fish on beaches

At this rate, Pazhaverkadu might be the last standing home of fishers [unless Adani gets there first of course ] https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/oct/31/fishermen-up-in-arms-against-adani-port-expansion-at-pulicat-2054851.html

ps: many thanks to @demarionunn for suggesting I send this article to @whetstone_mag in the first place and to @vittleslondon for encouraging first time 'food writers' like myself to send out their stories!