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Notes Written on the Night Bus
What I scribbled on the last bus home after the busiest langar I can remember.
Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min readRead: Notes Written on the Night BusRolling Roti for Four Hundred
Long steel tables, flour to the elbows and how a line of hands keeps the pace.
Oct 30, 2026 · 5 min readRead: Rolling Roti for Four HundredThe Dal Pots at Six in the Morning
Why the dal goes on before the sun is up, and who stands guard over the pots.
Oct 23, 2026 · 4 min readRead: The Dal Pots at Six in the MorningSitting Down Together in Rows
Why we all eat on the floor in a line, and what it feels like the first time.
Oct 16, 2026 · 4 min readRead: Sitting Down Together in RowsWhere the Coriander Grows
A walk round the allotment that gives the kitchen its herbs and spinach.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min readRead: Where the Coriander GrowsWalking to the Gurdwara in the Drizzle
The wet terraced streets of Leicester at dawn, and the walk I make every Saturday.
Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min readRead: Walking to the Gurdwara in the Drizzle
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Seva on Sundays
A letter every Sunday from the langar kitchen: the roti, the pots, the allotment and the notes I write on the night bus.