Hello, I’m Mitali

I am a nutrition practitioner in Kolkata. For twenty-two years I worked in a hospital kitchen and then in a small practice, and in the last ten I have mostly sat with women in their forties and fifties who tell me they are tired and cannot sleep.

Quiet nights began as a note I wrote for them on the back of a prescription pad. Now it goes out every Sunday: one small idea, a photo from my week, and nothing to count.

I like ordinary food. Moong dal, a little ghee, whatever the vegetable seller has on the cart, eaten at times that suit the night you want.