weekend rolls

My grandmother learned from Avvaiyar's wisdom: share knowledge freely. Every Saturday, she'd teach me her secret appam recipe, passed down through Srirangam generations. No one monetized it then. Now influencers sell tutorials for thousands. But Grandmother insisted our recipe belonged to everyone—neighbors, strangers, anyone hungry. She'd say the real treasure wasn't coins, but watching someone's face light up tasting home. That network of shared meals, whispered techniques between women, created wealth no algorithm could measure. This weekend, I'm teaching my daughter the same way: freely, generously, keeping our temple town's traditions alive.