An Eating Disorder called Pica
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In my childhood days, I was friends with a girl in the neighbourhood who would secretly nibble on ash chips from the small mud ‘choolah’ in her backyard. She would encourage me to taste some of the ash, saying it was very flavourful, but I never found the inclination to do so. A few years later, as a 10-year-old, I happened to taste some ‘vibhuti’, the sacred ash smeared on the forehead in religious ceremonies, and I found that I quite enjoyed the taste. Though, at no point, I must quickly add, ...
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