HindustanTimes Fri,20 Dec 2013 Kitchen Confidential Seema
Goswami, Hindustan Times September 13, 2013 First Published:
16:33 IST(13/9/2013) Last Updated: 16:06 IST(14/9/2013) Growing
up, I never once saw my father enter the kitchen. He did not
know how to cook; in fact, I doubt if he even knew how to make a
cup of coffee for himself. The kitchen was always the exclusive
preserve of my grandmother, my mother, and the other ladies of
the household. The men never ventured inside; no, not even to
fetch themselves a glass of water.  It may sound strange now,
but this was pretty much the state of affairs in every home.
Women did the ‘womanly’ things like cooking, cleaning, serving,
fetching; yes, even the ones who held down jobs outside of the
home. And men did ‘manly’ things like go out to work and bring
back the daily bread (to be toasted and buttered and served up
to them with a strong cup of tea). Men were very much the
hunter-gatherers. And women remained nurturers and carers.
Double standards! So basically,