I am not a great farmer or gardener; in fact far from it; fumbling along with more enthusiasm than know-how. When we had some indoor...
When will we Indians wake up?
We moved to US in early 2000s and I got involved in the food movement seeing the horrendous levels of obesity and level of junk...
Aval and Pori time….
Avals are an eternal favourite with us in Bio Basics. It is one of our preferred breakfasts on delivery days ….and a handy and quick...
Living on vegetable & fruit bounty ( lottery)!
When we began Bio Basics, I used to write my weekly veggie and fruit list with great enthusiasm. As weeks passed , we found that...
Smoothies anyone?
I am not a green juice person, I tried a green juice for the first time, when we began our whole foods journey a decade...
Reviving Fragrant Rice Varieties – Time to outgrow our Basmati Fix
Going beyond the Basmati fix Here is an extremely informative article on reviving Scented Rices by Sree Devi Lakshmikutty, a Co-founder Director of Bio Basics....
A letter about letters
How it all began! Letter writing has gone out of vogue long ago, I used to be one of those people who wrote regularly and...
Rakthashali Red Rice Kanji – A Delicious Zero-oil Meal
Rakthashali Red Rice Kanji with Green Gram & Ridge Gourd Sides With the rains coming to Kerala, Coimbatore has been enjoying cool weather and some...
Celebrating World Environment Day – The Bio Basics Way
A Unique Celebration of World Environment Day Bio Basics, in collaboration with Humane Animal Society (HAS) and Coimbatore Environment Society, celebrated the World Environment Day,...
Agro-biodiversity Conservation vs Genetic Modification!
Why Agro-biodiversity? We are in a world where we have a day for everything, water day, environment day and agro-biodiversity day. Ironically these are the...
Rice to the Occasion
This article was originally published under the same title in the Metro Plus supplement of The Hindu newspaper, Coimbatore, on 09 Jan 2017 This Pongal,...
Celebrating the Ordinary
As we move into the last week of the year it is time for reflection, introspection and looking ahead to new resolutions. The last year...
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