How Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar are Sustained by their Food Memories in Delhi

Title: How refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar are sustained by their food memories in Delhi

Type: Article

Location: Delhi, India

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Source: The Economic Times

Date: December 3, 2017.

The article discusses how food is facilitating socio-cultural integration of refugees in Delhi, India from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar. In order to sustain themselves economically, many refugees opened up their own food venture, attempting to recreate traditional culinary from home. In the process, they have also created a demand for their cuisine in Delhi and the enterprise enabled them to make friends and adapt to the host country and overcome their emotional burdens. “When I came to Delhi, I found work in a restaurant, but that shut down. Earlier, I would suffer from headaches, but ever since I joined ILHAM, those stopped. Am happy now.

The group has led to a lot of changes in my life,” says Khadija, a 27-year old Afghan refugee who works with ILHAM, a food enterprise led by Afghan refugee women.

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