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Meet MasterChef 2022 quarter finalist Rishi Nanavati

Rishi was the first vegetarian MasterChef contender to cook only vegan and vegetarian food and also introduced the nation to more traditional Indian dishes like Gujarati kadi. Although his MasterChef path ended in the quarter finals, his journey with cooking is only just beginning. Here he talks to us about his inspiration, why he chose to do only vegetarian and vegan dishes and show more traditional Indian cooking, what his experience of MasterChef was like behind the scenes, his recipe blog Dish by Rish, and his plans for the future.

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Author Alka Joshi, on her best-seller, The Henna Artist

Within a year of her novel releasing, it became a New York Times best-seller, was picked up by Reece Witherspoon for her book club and is in the process of being made into a show produced by and staring Frieda Pinto. Meet Alka Joshi. We sit down to talk about her phenomenal success, her nuanced depiction of India and the realities of being a south Asian woman.

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