before I knew about blood I learnt thatskinning potatoes is all in the wristespecially if your hands are weakand onions should be rinsed in waterif you don't want to cry (which apparently means your mother in law does not like you).Abba enjoys tomatoes in his dishbut they are too acidica bit of sugar sprinkled over thembefore they're added does the trick"My place" was in the kitcheninstead of the outside (because fresh air is too dangerous for a girl after she's 7).and the man of my futurewould love that I cook.before I discarded childhoodalong with those rotten dhanya leavesbefore I became a womanI was trained into a wife.

" A woman's hands never burn." (in the kitchen of course)

but mine burnthey burn every single time._________________________Samihah Pargas: Instagram @ShadesOfHerInkPhoto Credit: Instagram @DupattaDiaries