Soapberries : The eco-friendly cleaning solution
(This is an extensive article on soapberries that we had written recently for Eco Walk The Talk, an Asia focussed online green community) If you think that detergents are found only on supermarket...
View ArticleBeauty is personal
Ever since we opened our doors for business, we’ve had consumers writing in to us about a wide variety of topics. The most recent e-mail we received asked me about Krya’s future products, specifically...
View ArticleA guest post, a challenge and a give-away
I love food. Vegan food. And I love reading well written food blogs. I have some go to food blogs – the blogs I turn to when I am in the mood to whip something new up in my kitchen, and when I want to...
View ArticleAnt Attacks!
A few days back in the evening, I opened my laptop and saw a long line of fierce red ants doing a merry QWERTY dance. It was nothing short of a campaign of shock and awe by these formicidae. At first I...
View ArticleA sustainable business card and the joy of working with your hands
The quest for a sustainable card has come full circle. To recap, we started with no cards, and then made a self printed card which we had written about here. Perhaps this reticence to get going and...
View ArticleThe why and how of your own urban garden
Just like there’s a billion dollar business idea and a New York Times bestseller in each of us, so too lurks a farmer in each of us – with the urge to grow beautiful living things. Scientists with...
View ArticleThe Zen of Shaving
Somerset Maugham observed that “in each shave lies a philosophy”. In 2009, Haruki Murakami introduced me to this aphorism when he applied it to his daily ritual of running. Murakami went on to write...
View ArticleJaws 4: Swish, brush, massage and rinse (for great teeth)
A graphic photo of animal testing by an oral care brand prompted an impassioned plea on my part to my network. I have given up commercial toothpastes and toothbrushes for over a year now and make my...
View ArticleAn Inconvenient Diaper
We are parents to a wonderful 13 month old. And not ashamed to admit that we were queasy about the prospect of diaper changes before the arrival of our daughter. As adults we live in a sanitised world...
View ArticleA convenient diaper
Last fortnight we looked at the horrors of disposable diapers for the baby and mother earth. A quick summary of the inconvenient facts are: and For the longer version, please read the original blog...
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