My parents love each other, so much so that every morning my dad ventures out to help my ma at the kitchen. He completely disrupts her routine in some way, or else start by providing culinary advices ( a few years in hostel experience) or else just chitchat. But whatever ,they almost always end s up in a fight. A very amusing fight for us the outsiders. They begin and end by themselves and any intrusion is not welcomed. Most of the time, they pledge never to meet in kitchen together, in the morning. But come next sunshine, we find them in the kitchen thus repeating whatever they said they won’t.

For a woman, kitchen is her undisputed territory. She might not be happy to have it or she might feel at ease. Some might not look into it even for once and some are merely pushed into it. However, she doesn’t like it being called her own. She expects (at least most of them) her man to come & help her around, at least through his vocal cords.

Today the world has come a long way from being a man’s alone. Today it is as much a woman’s as it is a man’s. And kitchen today ceases to be a woman’ s workshop alone. A look in to today’s ads are enough, be it for a curry powder or a blender or a fridge or whatever associated with kitchen, not only we see a woman smiling by it, but behind her we find her man too equally obliging. Thus, culinary skill has ceased to be a female occupation alone.

For couples in love, kitchen has become a workshop on love, where they mix many things to make a dish served with love. I know many couples for whom kitchen time is also talking time. Thats the place to unwind making dinner together. Today kitchen is more associated with togetherness in urban India, though earlier it was a woman’s lonely battleground where she cooks and toils in dust and grind by herself. The change is one welcome influence of the West upon us. So if you don’t agree with me, just join your spouse in whipping up a small dish and see if it brings you close.

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