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“They can’t complain to the police, they say, because their cows roam the streets. The police will only take down an FIR (First Information Report) and register a case if cows are stolen from within someone’s property. So these farmers buy Alsatian dogs to guard the cows. They buy roosters to wake them up at dawn for the milking; and then buy hens to give the rooster something to do. Within the compound of an urban dairy farmer lies an entire ecosystem.”
― Shoba Narayan, The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure

“Even the most timid maami will become a daring smuggler when it
comes to carrying curry plants across borders.”
― Shoba Narayan, Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes