Topic: India

Agrostology: An overview

Agrostology is the scientific botanical study of grasses. This study is found to be important to third world countries as well as those of the developed world. In India, there are migratory communities that rely heavily on the country's grasslands. Also, urban ...

Home

There are many different styles of homes all over the world and the people living inside of them make memories that define the place they call home. The American Dream of home ownership became a reality for so many people in the ...
The Holly Fern is also well known under the name Japanese Holly. Here are some tips to keep your Holly Fern looking its best at all times: The Holly Fern is best served by the light coming from a Northerly direction. You ...

Oriental-style living room

A glossy Chinese cabinet is a good starting point for a striking modern scheme. This contemporary chinoiserie-style wallpaper beautifully offsets the dark wood of the antique console table. The strong pattern on the walls is tempered by neutral colours. To get the ...

Cleaning with Soap Nuts

Soapberries, more commonly known soap nuts, are a fruit that grow in the tropics of India and Napal. Make a Liquid Concentrate with Soap Nuts Boil 1 cup of soap nuts in four cups water. Allow the mixture to simmer for about ...
Feluda and his friends were living at the time in India when phone service was not reliable. In one paragraph, Satyajit Ray wrote, He was restless and kept shifting in his chair, which probably meant that it was infested by bugs. Satyajit ...
Being the cookie loving person that I am I thought I'd give these a go and I am now feeling particularly pleased with myself that I did! Traidcraft do two main varieties of fair-trade cookies, Double Choc Chip and Stem Ginger. Expensive, ...

How to extract vegetable oil

Just like other basic ingredients, people don't tend to think much of where vegetable oil comes from until they don't have it. There are a few brave souls however who attempt to find ways of doing things like extracting vegetable oil all ...

Herbs: Basil and its uses

herbe royale" in France and is a staple in the Italian herb garden. (It does seem that Italian cooks can whip up a basil pesto with a great deal of love. Some thought that the name came from the Greek word for ...

All about lemongrass

Cymbopogon citratus, commonly known as lemongrass, is a versatile herb, source of aroma, mosquito repellent and garden ornamental. Native to India, lemongrass is widely used in Thai and Asian cooking. With a finer texture than the closely related Cymbopogon nardus, which is ...
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