For years and years the government put off the decision to make varakh, silver leaf, by machine on the grounds that no machines were available. Finally, this year a historic decision has been taken and the FSSAI notification has come that no varakh can be made except by machine. The person responsible for this change (apart […]
25 years ago I wrote a quiz book called Wise and Wonderful published by Rupa. The idea was to get people familiar with the millions of wonderful things animals could do. So many years later I continue to be fascinated by their abilities. Human beings are all the same. The same three or four colours […]
Mimicry in appearance, scent, sound and behaviour (for instance a harmless red milk snake will change its colours to look like a venomous coral snake), camouflage, feigning death or injury, adopting threatening poses, verbal and tactical deception and straight out lying are some of the tricks they use to get food, save themselves or […]
IF YOU meditate properly, over a period of time you can develop parts of your brain to do things that normal people cant do: see amazing colours, listen to ethereal music, travel to different places while your body remains here, tolerate extreme heat and cold, live in underground chambers with very little oxygen, bring out […]
Do you experience bloating, intestinal cramps and excessive gas in your stomach often? This could be lactose insensitivity which is a very common reason for digestive problems. Lactose is a sugar found in milk and milk products. Lactose should be broken down in your upper intestine by the enzyme lactase. Most people in India have […]
I hate press conferences. I always manage to talk myself into controversy. The problem is that I am always trying to think of better ways to do something. In my current job it is ways to get rid of malnutrition by feeding our children better, or how to stop putting medical people into jail while […]
HOW MANY disgusting things do you eat in your food that you are not aware of? Lets list a few based on dead insects, animal slime, vomit and faeces. Many sweets, jelly beans, and chocolate products are coated in something called confectioner’s glaze. Confectioner’s glaze comes from the Lac bug, Laccifer lacca, a scale insect […]
THERE IS NOTHING that the human will not use in order to make herself / himself more alluring. We will eat badly and inappropriately, smoke, drink, sleep inappropriately and then use all sorts of goo sourced from the most unpleasant places in order to make our skins look younger; from placentas to human infant foreskins, […]
WE may try to protect our wildlife but it is vanishing rapidly. One of the main causes is the greed of our neighbour China. China has spread its hungry tentacles all over the animal world. From killing dogs for meat and fur to killing elephants for their ivory, musk deer for their hormone sacs, pangolins, […]
EVEN AN ahinsak like me makes an exception for the mosquito. I may not kill them myself but I have the usual array of anti-mosquito devices to protect my house: from various versions of Goodnight to a much healthier and better smelling cowdung and camphor biscuit that we set alight every evening. In the […]
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