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Pooja Makhijani

About Me

Pooja Makhijani is a writer and editor in New Jersey. Her bylines have

appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Real Simple,

The Atlantic, The Cut, Teen Vogue, Bon Appétit, Saveur, and BuzzFeed

among others. Her essay, "The Path to an American Dream, Paved in

Vienna Fingers," was named Notable in The Best American Food Writing

2019.


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This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. Join us over on Instagram for more! Living outside the United States changed me and my family life in both mundane and profound ways. Like many Americans abroad, we adopted local and regional foods, festivals, and language in our new home of Singapore.
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This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. Until I was a teenager, I was raised in a multigenerational home, with my parents, brother, and paternal grandparents, and, on occasion, an aunt or uncle or cousin who used our home as a waypoint on their immigration journey.
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This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. A year ago this month, our life turned upside down, and among other losses, my elementary-aged daughter’s beloved bharatanatyam classes pivoted online.
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