Gher/Home

What does a kitchen sound like?

Is it quiet?
Or is it the whistle of the cooker,
knives hitting the chopping board,
or the smell of something burning?

Cooking with my friends and Amma, I realized that food is more than just what we eat. It’s a living archive, a record of presence, memory, and connection. Between spice debates, playful mistakes, and quiet pauses before the next joke, we forget we’re even making food. Every touch, every stir, every shared bite becomes a piece of memory, a thread linking us to each other, here and now.

It’s not about perfect dishes. It’s about being together, noticing each other, and creating something that lingers, in taste, in smell, in laughter, and in memory. Even when the kitchen falls silent, it doesn’t feel empty. The smells, textures, and sounds remain, echoing the day we spent together, celebrating cultural differences, identity, belonging, and memory.

Gher / Home captures this intimate, messy, and tender archive of life, showing that home isn’t a building or a room, it’s the feeling we create when we cook, laugh, and connect with others. And in that quiet after the chaos, I realize, I am already at home, amidst this memory of connection with food.