We partnered with Keertida Phadke on a 2025 calendar, which is not only peppered with beautiful illustrations for each month of the year but also has some affirmations that will make you pause to reflect on the small and big moments of life. All of these illustrations are put together using real photos from our galleries—photos of moments we look back on and cherish. A jar of amla, the fallen parijat flowers, the act of diligently making a modak, and the stacks of mismatched dabbas in every household.
That's not it. Another fascinating thing about this calendar is that it comes with two seasonal recipes for each month—recipes you can learn, cook, and show off as part of your culinary repertoire.
The physical calendar is designed in such a way (with perforations for clean tearing) that you can preserve these recipes as pages of your beloved cookbook (until we get Keertida to write one) or stick them to your fridge as a daily reminder to cook and cook more often.
While working on products like this one, we ask ourselves how useful it is to add another new 'product' to the world. Is the impact greater than the sum of generating something new? We don't know yet. But the idea behind the calendar is not just its longevity but the hope to inspire you to cook more and to cook more often the recipes we truly love and cherish.
If you’d like to buy a copy or two ( it’s a great gift!!), you can go to our shop here.
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