In search of a suitable broom
Is there a broom in this wretched country that doesn’t come with a solid plastic handle, and clothed disgustingly in a plastic bag? I have tried shops from the smallest […]
Category Archives: Plastic-free
Flower pot dustbin
Recently, my twenty-year old plastic dustbin finally split it two and there was no way to salvage it any more. This is my kitchen waste dustbin I’m talking about, which […]
Miracle flour
What can’t you do with kadalai maav? Let me think. Maybe you can’t blow up the house; although it’s so gassy, you can probably find a way. You can’t build […]
DIY mosquito repellent
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 […]
Green warriors
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 […]
My Plastic-free, Organic Life
About 15 years back, I got so disgusted by the polythene bags littering the roads of Bangalore, and other Indian cities, that I decided to carry my shopping bags everywhere […]
