Summer is just round the corner. You can feel it in the excitement of school kids for summer vacation, professionals checking new and unexplored hill terrains and the local fruits and vegetables seller having more variety of produce than general. Summer breathes a waft of fresh air into everyone, after the long and dark nights of winter. Summers are a colourful period, in terms of surroundings as well as the fashion choices that people make. The onset of summer calls for a celebratory mood, with or without festivals. Although the festival of colours, Holi does fall in the vicinity of...
Building a healthier tomorrow starts today and that seems to be the unofficial guiding motto behind organic farming. With growing awareness about health and organic farming’s contribution to it, needless to say, organic produce has made its way to consumers’ hearts and dining tables. Organic produce falls under what most consumers would refer to as ethical consumption. Organic food is produced using more environment-friendly, animal-friendly methods thereby making it an all-rounder in the world of cultivation. What makes organic produce even more appealing to the consumers is that organic fruits and organic vegetables need to pass a series of regulations...
In an age when a respite from workload means the thought of tasty food being delivered right on our desks, it becomes difficult to not be partial to our gluttony. But while devouring tasty palates it is extremely easy to ignore or forget the side effects that might by slowly eating up our body. Most of the food produce that comes on our table is filled with chemicals and pesticides which in turn are not healthy for our health, physical as well as in long term, mental. In fact, all around the world, food is getting a lot of blame...
A four day festival of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Pongal is celebrated when the sun begins its movement northwards or what is commonly known as Makar Sankranti. Pongal ushers in the New Year for the people of Tamil Nadu. The celebration Bhogi, which is the first day, is celebrated on the last day of the month of Margazhi and new vessels are bought into a freshly cleaned house. The second day known as Perum Pongal is the most important one where people worship the Sun god and offered Pongal Payasam, cooked during the first sunrise of the new...