Deepa Reddy

Deepa Reddy

Deepa Reddy

Deepa Reddy

Deepa Reddy is a cultural anthropologist with the university of Houston-clear lake. She blogs and Drew’s with native ingredients & foodways on paticheri.com.


Deepa contributed to the fourth issue of dhoop and this series is an extension of her contribution to the world of food writing that dhoop wants to build.

Deepa Reddy is a cultural anthropologist with the university of Houston-clear lake. She blogs and Drew’s with native ingredients & foodways on paticheri.com.


Deepa contributed to the fourth issue of dhoop and this series is an extension of her contribution to the world of food writing that dhoop wants to build.

Deepa Reddy is a cultural anthropologist with the university of Houston-clear lake. She blogs and Drew’s with native ingredients & foodways on paticheri.com.


Deepa contributed to the fourth issue of dhoop and this series is an extension of her contribution to the world of food writing that dhoop wants to build.

Deepa Reddy is a cultural anthropologist with the university of Houston-clear lake. She blogs and Drew’s with native ingredients & foodways on paticheri.com.


Deepa contributed to the fourth issue of dhoop and this series is an extension of her contribution to the world of food writing that dhoop wants to build.

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dhoop uses food as a lens. Through this lens, we interrogate culture, sustainability, design, and the systems that sustain life. We started as a magazine focused on stories of food and its intersections.

Issue 04: Hyperlocal

Speaking of man-made, who decided what is local to a place? Can only native, indigenous things be local? If origin doesn’t make something truly hyperlocal, what does? Could it be the destination? Indigenisation? Re-territorialisation? Or, naturalisation? Is local something you are born with, or is it something you simply become?

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dhoop uses food as a lens. Through this lens, we interrogate culture, sustainability, design, and the systems that sustain life. We started as a magazine focused on stories of food and its intersections.

Issue 04: Hyperlocal

Speaking of man-made, who decided what is local to a place? Can only native, indigenous things be local? If origin doesn’t make something truly hyperlocal, what does? Could it be the destination? Indigenisation? Re-territorialisation? Or, naturalisation? Is local something you are born with, or is it something you simply become?

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dhoop uses food as a lens. Through this lens, we interrogate culture, sustainability, design, and the systems that sustain life. We started as a magazine focused on stories of food and its intersections.

We work out of Jaipur, Bangalore & Mumbai

Issue 04: Hyperlocal

Speaking of man-made, who decided what is local to a place? Can only native, indigenous things be local? If origin doesn’t make something truly hyperlocal, what does? Could it be the destination? Indigenisation? Re-territorialisation? Or, naturalisation? Is local something you are born with, or is it something you simply become?

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dhoop uses food as a lens. Through this lens, we interrogate culture, sustainability, design, and the systems that sustain life. We started as a magazine focused on stories of food and its intersections.

We work out of Jaipur, Bangalore & Mumbai

Issue 04: Hyperlocal

Speaking of man-made, who decided what is local to a place? Can only native, indigenous things be local? If origin doesn’t make something truly hyperlocal, what does? Could it be the destination? Indigenisation? Re-territorialisation? Or, naturalisation? Is local something you are born with, or is it something you simply become?