Chennaiites must reclaim freedom to walk and cycle on roads; will elected councils help?
Forty years ago, Chennai was a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly city. Ordinary Chennaiites must reclaim pavements from cars muscling us out.
Health
Moringa, hibiscus, blue pea flower, which of these edible blossoms would you cook?
The use of flowers is not rare in Tamilian cooking. Find out the significance of edible flowers and why they’re getting back into kitchens.
Team of doctors offers dignity in death to poor terminally ill people at their hospice
Terminally ill people left on the roads of Madurai to die are now being taken care of by a team of conscientious doctors running a hospice
Mathi Memes: Yearning for a time when just a Dolo would do the trick
As the humble Dolo makes the fight against Covid-19 a little tolerable, one hopes that’s all we would need in the future.
Honey, it’s all you need…for health and beauty, but did you know of the poisonous kind?
Honey has been used since ancient times as a preservative, a medicine and a beauty treatment, but there are some kinds of honey that were used during wars to poison the enemy.
Here’s a Keto diet chart and health advisory for Tamils
Just like in the West, it seems Tamil Nadu is also seeing the trend of fad diets, the latest being the Keto diet. Even as there is a trend towards traditional foods, there is also a move towards such diets from the West. While many nutritionists warn that the proportion of carbs-proteins-fats...
Add flavour and nutrition to food with cold pressed oils
One of the reasons why Indian cooking is tasty is because of our fried foods. Most of us prefer to have poori over chapathi, gulab jamun over payasam, and even French fries over mashed potatoes. The richness in our various cuisines comes not only from the wonderfully spiced dishes, but from the...
Rice fortification scheme could kill our business, small-time rice traders say
Food grain merchants in Tamil Nadu are worried that the union government’s ambitious project of fortifying rice with iron to avert anemia among women and children will lead to loss of business for them. They say that only big mills can afford to invest in the equipment required to provide the...
Sunlight for survival: The story of the discovery of Vitamin D
What a time we live in. People in the cities, particularly those with desk jobs, are becoming deficient in Vitamin D and are having to take supplements for something that the sun gives us freely. Although it feels intuitive, it was not always known that sunlight was a major factor in the health...
Teflon loses its sheen as cast iron cookware makes a big comeback
As people are becoming more and more health conscious, they’re not only focusing on what they put on their plates but also what vessels they cook their food in. For this reason, cast iron cookware is making a big comeback into Indian kitchens, replacing their Teflon counterparts. While cooking...
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