The Anglo- Indian community is a community that is rich in talent,culture and spirit. It is a community that I proudly belong to and a community that is grateful to my uncle Harry Maclure for showcasing and inspiring thousands of Anglo Indians about our history and culture through his magazine, Anglos In the Wind. Harry […]
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I have always asked myself,’How can I make a change in someone’s life? how can I make a macro change to the environment around me? how can I give back?’. The answers to these questions aren’t simple.I went with the notion of trying to help one person and then slowly one village. Rural India is
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Ellis is inspired by Urmi and her passion for elephants. The name Ellis is from the series of books called ‘Ellis the Elephant’ by Callista Gingrich. Her empathy has always been a super power of hers and her passion for wildlife is truly amazing. Once she sets her mind on something, she gets it done
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My mother is a piano instructor and she teaches the instrument to a few students in our apartment complex in Bangalore. Joanna, 9, an intelligent girl full of excitement and joy is one of her star pupils. During a visit back home, I saw her next to her lemonade stall selling delicious cupcakes and refreshing
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Ayurveda has always been entrenched in our culture and History dating back as far as 600 BC. The popularity of our herbs, spices and fabric was carried far and wide. Many Indian tribes have continued useing these ancient herbs to cure them of various maladies either by ingesting it or applying it. However, with time,
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Your Skin is just one organ and like everything else requires to be taken care of, after all, the body guard also needs protection. The pollution coupled with toxic and harsh ingredient that our body is constantly barraged, we see a large number of people suffering from a variety of skin issues. dry skin, oily
Why Goat Milk Soap? what are its benefits? Read More »
As we wait at the bus stop to take us to Udaypur Gaon, the village bus rolls in to take us to our host. Lunch on a farm by the hills, made by Rekha Di. “The fish awaits”, her early morning call too inviting to turn down. My co-fellows and I missed the first bus
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‘Rural India is a goldmine, filled with riches but harvested badly, without any planning, marred with corruption and inefficiencies.’ Well the start of my post is not new. The question is how to go about changing the dynamics of rural India and bringing back its riches. A few of my learnings are as followings. 1.
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