After Yrs of Ill Health, I Switched to Plant-Based Recipes & Secured a Spot in MasterChef

Originally reported and written in January 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. All through her school and college years, Priya Vijan suffered from allergies. Every morning, she’d wake up sneezing and with a runny nose. “I would get chest congestion, sinusitis and severe migraines regularly, and used to consume antihistamines every second day for close to 10 years,” says Priya, who hails from Bengaluru.   After college, she started working as a freelancer with event production companies. But she knew that a corporate career was not for her, so the commerce ...