Weed of the year 2021
As we approach the end of a truly awful year, it’s time to announce the Anilodharani Award for the Weed of the Year. We’re sticking to the plant kingdom, otherwise […]
As we approach the end of a truly awful year, it’s time to announce the Anilodharani Award for the Weed of the Year. We’re sticking to the plant kingdom, otherwise […]
Against the grain: A deep history of the earliest states, by James C Scott, Yale university press, 2017 This book is an electrifying read for a farmer, or anyone who […]
This second wave was supposed to be over by now. Instead, it’s getting worse, and worse still is predicted. Sad, sad, sad. And scary. I feel the inadequacy of words […]
I got to know Prerna Shah through WP, and have read some lovely posts in her blog, The Banyan Tree and Other Stories. Apart from bonding over cats, she’s fun, […]
Don’t kill me, gau rakshaks! I mean no disrespect to the cow. And no cows were harmed in the making of this post. But before I come to the story […]
“There is no happiness for him who does not travel, Rohita! Thus we have heard. Living in the society of men, the best man becomes a sinner… therefore, wander!… The […]
Unanimous, an onymous, pusillani mous: all animus
RaGa: Want to hear a joke? NaMo: Shoot me now!
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. […]
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 […]