Of Fasting & Fantasies: Week 2
The herbal juices fast ended after five days and water fasting began this week. Perhaps the gradual move made the hunger pangs mild and...
Soul food: Khichdi
Two years back when i was doing Panchkarma, the full import of the ubiquitous Khichdi came upon me. We were being wrung out with massages...
Corn: Tainted Sunshine
This a big alert!
This wonderful grain with its sweet fibre is now a vicious food.
The cause - it is mostly genetically modified and sprayed...
Eating Sun: Prana foods
We are the first generation that has buried our natural connect with food under a debris of industrial food and modern lifestyles.
In Ayurved, the...
A taste of ashram living
November 2018
My attempts to learn Yoga and Vedanta have had many mishaps. Then a chance meeting with Swami Govindanand set the stage for a...
Walks & Worsenings: Week 3
Health is not an easy kite to fly.
All the gains of fasting are diminishing rapidly: starting with the lip and then the tongue. Infact...
About Me
Food has defined my life: one side of the family is gluttonous and has some wickedly good cooks- specially my uncles and every meal is a discovery in flavours. The other side is austere, minimal and happy to eat a set balanced menu everyday… Read More