Bengaluru, home to a growing population of North Eastern migrants, offers a unique perspective on what it means to belong in a sprawling urban landscape. While the city is often celebrated for its tech corridors and skyscrapers, the human side of urban life is most vividly expressed not through glass towers or traffic-choked roads, but through food—the aroma of home that comforts, connects, and preserves the identities of people far from their native states. For many North Eastern students and workers, discovering a familiar taste in the city is the first anchor of belonging in an otherwise unfamiliar urban environment. This becomes particularly significant on World Cities Day-October 31- a day that celebrates inclusive urban life and reminds us that cities are defined not just by infrastr
Taste of Home: North Eastern Migrants and Flavours in Bengaluru

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