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Monthly Archives: July 2017

DIY mosquito repellent

21/07/2017by thelongview 7 Comments

Whiiiiiine! Swat! Grrrrr! This is a sound sequence you hear often in our house these days. No, we’re not ill-treating our dog. It’s those pesky mosquitoes, which have taken over […]

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Herbs, Insects, Mosquito repellent, Plastic-free, Recipe

NaMo joke

19/07/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

RaGa: Want to hear a joke? NaMo: Shoot me now!

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Fig Latin

18/07/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

There’s something about Latin names. They’re sonorous, authoritative, and sometimes even melodious. Just try rolling these on your tongue… tectona grandis, saraca asoca, dalbergia sissoo, ocimum sanctum, melia dubia, pinus […]

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Gardening, Latin, Scientific names, Trees

A little mill

15/07/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

Some time back, I bought my year’s supply of shikakai. This is such a useful fruit: I use it to wash clothes (handwash only!), dishes, sanitary fittings, and my hair. […]

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Farming, People, Village life

From gau mata to kozhi putri

11/07/2017by thelongview 2 Comments

Horrifying things have been happening of late in the name of the cow, a fairly harmless, peaceful animal. Indians are supposed to be hung up on the mother figure, hence […]

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Animals, Cow, People

Walled off, and that’s not a kind of salad

05/07/2017by thelongview 2 Comments

Two months and much parleying later, we still don’t have a road. On the contrary, there is now a wall at each end, making it even more inaccessible. It seems […]

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Farming, Village life

Green warriors

05/07/2017by thelongview 2 Comments

In an earlier post, I wrote about my attempts to live a plastic-free life. I felt, and still sometimes feel, like I was struggling alone against the entire system. But […]

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Animals, Bangalore, Environment, Organic living, Plastic-free

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