Report 3

The interviewee’s name is Harsha Parikh who is being interviewed by Hitali Jariwala.
When she was a teenager she lived with her parents, brother and 6 sisters. Her
parents’ family had eight people. She lived in Bhusawal in Maharashtra.
When she was young, she had all kinds of food. Some of her favourites included idli –
sambhar. In her family, they weren’t allowed to eat non vegetarian food. Other than
that, there were no food restrictions. She would eat every day at 11.30 in the
morning and then at 7.30 in the evening. Her family brought the ingredients for their
food from the local market. They did not grow their own vegetables.
She likes playing sports like volleyball, langdi Kho Kho etc. when she was a teenager.
Her school also played and important role in educating about physical health and
wellbeing. She also had conversations on mental health with her mother and sisters.