Old stones: My trusty kalloral
Also known as an aattukal, the kalloral or wet grinding stone used to be an indispensable tool in every south Indian home. Then there was the flat ammi kal, which […]
Category Archives: Off-grid
Enjoying summer without fridge or fan
Until I was about ten, we had no fridge in our house. And again, when I got married, we couldn’t afford one, so we did without for the first four […]
Off the grid
They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea: In spite of all their friends could say, On a winter’s morn, on a […]
