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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 own toothpowder. I…
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 size after it has…
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 that “No matter how mundane an…
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 print 200 shiny…
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…
