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What’s better than DIY? Answer: DII – Do It Itself. An example of this is my trusty kalloral, which I’ve written about earlier. One wet morning I woke up and […]
What’s better than DIY? Answer: DII – Do It Itself. An example of this is my trusty kalloral, which I’ve written about earlier. One wet morning I woke up and […]
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 […]
I came across this natural formation today. Can you see the leopard? Thanks to my friend Kajoli for pointing out that it is holding a guitar. Oh leopard set in […]
Pandavar Malai, the hill next to our farm, is not only an ancient land form, over two and a half billion years old: it is also home to six dolmens. […]
I have been admiring and wondering about this pair of old stones for a long time now. Why are they sticking out into the sky in the middle of nowhere? […]
Stone is beautiful! Granite, basalt, sandstone, limestone, marble, laterite, quartz, soapstone, slate… my mouth waters at the very thought of them. We are lucky to have lots of rocks and […]