JOIN ME

Amma called from Chennai, voice crackling through WhatsApp. "Join me, beta. I'm teaching online cooking now." I laughed, picturing her wrestling with technology. But she'd built something remarkable—a virtual kitchen where diaspora daughters learned amma's recipes, sending money back home directly. No middlemen, just trust. "You're a buffoon if you skip this," she teased, knowing I would anyway. Yet here I am, flour dusting my Mumbai apartment, following her hands on screen. My kids taste authentic sambar. Money flows back to her village. She was right. We're connected still.