Indian families celebrate numerous festivals and traditions throughout the year, such as:
The kitchen is the heart of the Indian home, but it is also a hierarchy. Traditionally, the eldest woman runs it. She decides the menu— dal-chawal (lentils and rice) on Monday, rajma (kidney beans) on Tuesday. With more women working outside the home, this is changing. Men are stepping in. A young husband learning to knead dough for roti at 6 AM is a common daily life story in urban India today.