A Punjabi Grandmother Who Can’t Cook: A Contradiction in Terms?
BIJI’S IN THE KITCHEN! by Neera Kashyap Penguin/Random House, 2023, 40 pp., 199.00
April 2024, volume 48, No 4

This little book by Natasha Sharma turns stereotypical roles on their heads. And with exuberance! Biji, a term used in Punjabi, usually for a grandmother, is traditionally associated with great cooking skills, fond as Punjabis are of eating food cooked just so.

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