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Ant Attacks!

A few days back in the evening, I opened my laptop and saw a long line of fierce red ants doing a merry QWERTY dance. It was nothing short of a campaign of shock and awe by these formicidae. At first I...

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A sustainable business card and the joy of working with your hands

The quest for a sustainable card has come full circle. To recap, we started with no cards, and then made a self printed card which we had written about here. Perhaps this reticence to get going and...

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The why and how of your own urban garden

Just like there’s a billion dollar business idea and a New York Times bestseller in each of us, so too lurks a farmer in each of us – with the urge to grow beautiful living things. Scientists with...

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Republic day Raffle

We are proud to support Siri Pulipaka’s innovative fund raiser for the Vaidehi Ashram for destitute girls. Siri is a 28 year old software professional who lives in Bangalore, and writes a fantastic...

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The Zen of Shaving

Somerset Maugham observed that “in each shave lies a philosophy”. In 2009, Haruki Murakami introduced me to this aphorism when he applied it to his daily ritual of running. Murakami went on to write...

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What lies beneath – digging in the world’s trash cans: Part 1

A graphic photo in The Hindu recently inspired this two part blog post. As we walk around Chennai, we often have to navigate mounds of garbage. Garbage has a mysterious way of reappearing in double its...

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Jaws 4: Swish, brush, massage and rinse (for great teeth)

A graphic photo of animal testing by an oral care brand prompted an impassioned plea on my part to my network. I have given up commercial toothpastes and toothbrushes for over a year now and make my...

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Mosquito Monogatari.

I live in mosquito land. Every monsoon evening, clouds of DDT swirl around the air sprayed diligently by the corporation workers to stem the mosquito population. Every store I go to has a new product...

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An Inconvenient Diaper

We are parents to a wonderful 13 month old. And not ashamed to admit that we were queasy about the prospect of diaper changes before the arrival of our daughter. As adults we live in a sanitised world...

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A convenient diaper

Last fortnight we looked at the horrors of disposable diapers for the baby and mother earth. A quick summary of the inconvenient facts are:   and   For the longer version, please read the original blog...

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