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Jan 15, 2020
6 min

My definition of success

"What is it that you miss most about Dubai," I get asked sometimes. Having taken a permanent sabbatical from corporate life and unplugged...

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Oct 21, 2019
6 min

Saving Hesaraghatta Lake

Once in a long while, you come across someone driven by a selfless mission, a drive and zeal to do the right thing.

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Sep 20, 2019
1 min

Earth Kitchen: A short story

Many friends and guests have asked us how we developed nothing into something beautiful. Here's the short story

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Sep 5, 2019
3 min

Keeping your water and having fun too

A water harvesting feature and a performance space, all rolled in one.

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Arati Venkat

Jun 12, 2019
4 min

Our native village

A lot has changed in Hesaraghatta since we came here. But we still won't swap it for anything.

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Jun 8, 2019
5 min

Live the best homestay experience ever

The path to creating the best homestay experience possible can be tricky. Here's how to do it.

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Dec 16, 2018
9 min

Being natural, living naturally

Rituparna Borah, a social ecologist, farmer, writer, and a teacher by passion, and at different times, at least one of them by profession...

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Dec 4, 2018
5 min

The curious case of organic living

Everyone seems to know what organic means. But do we really understand it? When we moved to the farm, I chose a landrace of dogs popularl...

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Arati Venkat

Nov 6, 2018
3 min

Home cooked in Lucknow

There's more to Awadhi cuisine than kebabs and parathas. Friends visiting us and guests at our homestay are often surprised and delighted...

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Arati Venkat

Oct 11, 2018
3 min

Seafood and orange juice

Travel is a personal thing. Like music, tastes vary. There are some who would like to spend time staring at the Eiffel Tower. And then, t...

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Sep 25, 2018
4 min

Why live in the village?

My wife and I were both born in cities and lived all our lives in them. We had no experience of living in the country. So why did we chuc...

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Arati Venkat

Sep 20, 2018
3 min

The best hummus in the world

It feels great when guests at our homestay in Bangalore enjoy our food. One of the guests' favourites on our menu is hummus. Apart from r...

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Aug 30, 2018
2 min

How to grow your own forest

Everyone seems to acknowledge the importance of trees in our lives. Yet very few of us actually do something about it. While city folks l...

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