‘Like many men of his generation, he tends to push his feelings down from his heart to his toes’: Meera Sodha on her father’s homecoming
After a childhood of grief, hardship and hunger, the Guardian food writer’s father Raj always resisted going back to Uganda. What happened when he finally agreed to accompany her on a bittersweet journey into the past?
TL;DR
- Raj, the father of the Guardian food writer, experienced a childhood marked by grief, hardship, and hunger in Uganda.
- He had consistently resisted the idea of returning to Uganda.
- He eventually agreed to accompany his daughter on a journey back to his past.
- The journey was described as bittersweet, delving into his memories of Uganda.