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Celebrating Walking Together
I wish I could say these 100 months at Bio Basics have gone by in a blink of an eye. They have not! I have lost hair, & I now see more grey in ...
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The Sweet Tradition of Modak Making on Ganesh Chaturthi
Growing up in Pune, Maharashtra, I used to see real close upfront the celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi at a scale probably unrivalled anywhere ...
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Taking control of our Food & Health
“Why do we have a kitchen in the house? It is such a waste of space. All we need is a microwave sitting on the side-board in the dining room, and ...
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Love rice? But afraid to eat it?
Most of us love rice. Rice accompanies each of us from our infancy (choru-oonu in Malayalam, or Annaprashan in other languages) to our last rites. ...
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World Environment Day
For this #worldenvironmentday
We bring to you the story of a local paddy farm - where our single origin, organically grown, freshly boiled and smal...
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Kerala Raw Red Rice (Chamba Pachari)
All Kerala red rice is not consumed only as parboiled rice . The red rice is also popular as raw rice.
This is called Chamba pachari ( chamba liter...
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Farm visits & falling in love!
Farm visits are not only about seeing farms, verifying the crops, these are also about rich , varied life experiences that are so different from my...
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How Pongal became one of the festivals I celebrate
Making our home - one festival at a time
This is my 11th year in Tamil nadu, the first 3 in the early 90s as a young woman in Salem and this ...
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Your One-Stop Shop for All Things Organic - Bio Basics
Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in food and beverage but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Ramesh...
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Radhuni Pagol
Small grained Aromatic All the way from Bengal Originally belonged to the area between Ganges plains and Damodar river valley The state applying fo...
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Farm Visit
Visiting farmers, having conversations, watching the beautiful paddy fields, seeing the back breaking work, the rich organic soils, being shown the...
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Why are we talking about brown rice during this festival week?
Bio BasicsIt's the time of the year when we indulge and eat snacks , sweets, savouries and at the end of the day want some real nourishment yet fee...
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