Editors’ note: This segment first appeared on Texas Monthly Presents , a television program airing on Texas PBS stations and PBS.org .

Contributor Megha McSwain and her family moved from Mumbai to Houston in 1986—the same year Raja Sweets opened its doors in west Houston’s Mahatma Gandhi District. She explains how the restaurant and bakery has served generations of immigrants seeking to find familiar aspects of culture in a new home.

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