Vintagely yours: Kajal

  This vintage packaging of  ‘Jai Kajal’ is quite an eye catcher and has been a regular fast moving item in most little grocery and chemist…

The mighty Indian Razor

What is that ? An everyday  use object  for the common Indian man. A razor. Ok, got it. But, whats so special about it ? Well…

Natural Loofah : nature’s frugal gift for awesome bathing

Ohk , Why are we talking about it ? It used to be permanent feature of the most Indian bathrooms till the body wash companies started…

The highly functional Indian shopping bag

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Sturdy, intelligently designed (handle goes all the way down for extra strength) and roomy, the kirana shop bag is usually…

Koode ka tasla: the little mentioned one

SO, when the jhaadu does its job, who is responsible for collecting and chucking the dust and litter out of the house?  The cleaning lady, ofcourse,…

The INDIAN HAND BLENDER: THE MATHINI

We Indians love our drinks and food, don’t we! And we have time immemorial gone all the length to get a good drink. The beverage being…

The Indispensable one : the chaaku

Call it chakku or choori or chura … Knife is sure to be that one object that is used by us all so often. The origin…

Totally floored with the broom!!

Lying behind the doors, tucked behind the corners, stashed in closets and lying discreetly under the bed /cots of our beds is the good old broom…

From k(need) to belan..

The rolling pin or as lovingly called the belan in the Indian scenario has come a long way. Being passed on from one generation to the net…