Hari Prasad Nadig
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Tech Entrepreneur, Farmer, Homeschooler, Occasional Cook. Loves nature.
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Father-in-law who’s a consumer activist sends me this and writes:
“Tucked away in an obscure corner of a newspaper, this notice, that is very useful and good to know that the central government wants all citizens to know...”
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So, this was at IKEA, Bengaluru.
When I pointed out that the worn out plastic handle here could very well land plastic pieces in the potato wedges that are served to customers, the executive taking care of it didn’t get it at all.
They brushed it away saying that ain’t an
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As part of International Yoga Day today, we had an introductory session on Yoga at our office this morning.
#InternationalYogaDay
@narendramodi
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The nostalgia of a ‘tooth powder’.
How many of you have used this?
#Nanjanagud
#ToothPowder
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A very interesting thing about India’s traditional pooja on these festivals is how much it requires you to preserve biodiversity!
For there’s several dozens of different kinds of leaves and flowers that you need to perform the Pooja.
Although many seem to have replaced the
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Sannappa is 90 years old. He’s quite strong though. He says he takes care of 7 ‘javari’ (native) cows and works fully every day.
His food is simple - a glass of milk, buttermilk, lots & lots of local greens and raagi (finger millet) ‘mudde’.
#People
#Generation
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Nothing comes close to the happiness of seeing this one.
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Train route between Bengaluru and Chitradurga.
Something is terribly off in terms of planning by authorities here. There ought to have been a direct line!
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Amrutapura, which lies between Chikmagalur and Shimoga, is a beautiful place with an old temple that gets you thinking about how life must’ve been during those ancient times.
Surrounded by water on almost three sides, this hamlet is a must visit!
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Traditionally, in Karnataka, eating mangoes before Yugadi (which is usually followed by rains) is deemed to be 'not advisable'.
Does anyone know the reason behind this? I still remember my grandmother being very specific about this - she wouldn't touch a mango before Yugadi!
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There is nothing quite like the water heated in traditional way.
Copper container holds the water which is heated using wood.
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‘Kallu sakkare’ is a traditionally ‘must have’ for many in Karnataka.
Not many seem to know how it gets prepared or where the best ones are sourced from.
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An early morning visit to a temple is quite refreshing.
A climb up the hill, clean air and lots of medicinal plants. The sound of bells that is in sync with nature, the feel of being somewhere unique.
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These were some delicious avocados - harvested from a tree in our garden.
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The kids went through the archives for photos of Ganesha we readied over the years (all of them) and duly concluded that “Appa is getting better each year”
I had little less time than last year to do this, so I’d take that as a compliment.
Our frugal, home made Ganesha,
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The Tumkur-Bengaluru highway once looked similar to this.
(Challakere - Chitradurga highway from a recent visit)
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When you go on a drive from Savanadurga to Ramnagara and from there to Bidadi, the environmental catastrophe that has happened around Bengaluru due to ever increasing construction activities will be in front of your eyes.
Destruction of natural terrain and forests at a rapid
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Can’t imagine the life of Bengaluru/Mysuru foodies without ‘Congress kadle’.
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Sharing what we did with the clay pots.
Purchased clay pots from a local potter this week to ready the farm for summer.
Water scarcity and rising temperature is going to challenge the trees that haven’t grown enough yet to withstand the heat and a harsh summer. We’ve had poor rains last year.
The pots will be
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Purchased clay pots from a local potter this week to ready the farm for summer.
Water scarcity and rising temperature is going to challenge the trees that haven’t grown enough yet to withstand the heat and a harsh summer. We’ve had poor rains last year.
The pots will be
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One of the things I love about Chitradurga is the geology surrounding the region.
There are rocks that are millions of years old. There are rocks that are colourful. There are rocks that look like work of art. There are rocks that make you spend innumerable hours with them,
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@Themangofellow
@twistedlogix
@OlaElectric
We've been using two wheeler from Hero EV for last two - three years now. No reverse gear in both models we have owned. No smart display and all that. But the vehicle is quite handy. Much less in cost than Ather or Ola.
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My grandfather had an easy chair like this.
No furniture comes close to the happiness that this one gives.
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Beautiful ancient temple of Panchalingeshwara at Govindahalli near Channarayapatna is a must visit!
#Architecture
#Hoysala
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Hog plum, ಅಮಟೇ ಕಾಯಿ.
Popular for pickles (of its raw fruits) in the region, it is an amazing tree to grow.
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A plastic cleanup drive at our residential layout on a Sunday morning.
In just couple of streets, the cleanup drive lead to this much of plastic!
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Arguably the best kind of Mango to taste this summer. ‘Rasapuri’.
This one was grown without any inputs - no pesticides.
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When constructing our house, one of the best decisions we made was of selecting clay tiles for flooring.
Clay tile flooring is not for those who love glazing floors or granite/marble floors.
This floor lives and breathes. There wouldn’t be a day when someone would slip on
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It’s a privilege when you visit farmers. And it’s a privilege when they visit you.
A farmer friend brought couple of Chandrahalasu (Chandra jackfruit) when visiting us. Delicious fruit!
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A Butterfly laying eggs on a caper bush leaf.
Had to shush the kids who were excited for getting to see this from a very close distance. Captured on just the phone.
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Sacred lotus or Nelumbo nucifera (also referred to as Lakshmi Kamala) is an amazing plant. In ancient Egypt, it represented rebirth.
The seeds of this plant particularly are known to last very long. So much so that a thousand year old seeds were found to be still capable of
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MTR is arguably the best restaurant en route to Mangaluru from Bengaluru.
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It’s a privilege to see this when you step outside the door each day.
Parijatha flowers (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
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A tradition of Yugaadi.
Needs quite a skill to ready this, though!
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14 years is quite a long time. Fights and collaborations, good times and bad times, ups and downs - a relationship goes through the test of time.
Looking back, there’s been a lot that was endured - but there was happiness in midst of all that, there was satisfaction of doing
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Mulberry candy made at home using mulberry that grew in our garden. It was the younger one’s recipe!
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Tippesh, a ‘mestri’ who brings people to get soil work done, comes from a tribe of very strong people. He also doubles as our in-house expert on plants and traditions.
Picking up this plant, he tells us how chewing the leaves of this would allow them beat the hunger for hours
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Gorgeous flowers of ‘Aragwadha’ (meaning ‘killer of all diseases’) is also the ‘Vishu kaNi’ for Malayali community celebrating Vishu today.
Subtle fragrance, literally ‘golden shower’.
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Moringa (Drumstick) is one thing that grows really well in our region.
Each time we’re heading back from the farm, during its peak season, we collect as much to take back home, distribute among friends and family.
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Drought resistant, the Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica - Amla, Amalaki, ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿ) is a godsend for farmers of the dry region.
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Our source of cotton for household use - two to three trees like this one of native variety.
The kids made toys, traditional lamp wicks and ‘gejje vastra’ from it.
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The tooth ache plant - Acmella sp.
One flower to be chewed near the tooth that aches. Relief is unbelievably instantaneous.
#Plants
#Medicinal
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It is the elder one’s birthday today and I made this kesaribath/sheera for her.
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Turmeric we grew in our little garden has now been transformed into this. Enough turmeric powder now that lasts an entire year.
#Gardening
#Spices
#food
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One of the oldest trees of
#Bengaluru
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Known to be more than 300 years old. White silk cotton tree in Lalbagh.
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Met Prashant of
@TambuliMane
yesterday.
From a school dropout to a hardworking entrepreneur, he’s part of the team that is trying to bring the age old traditions to city’s culinary scene.
Discussed few herbs that were traditionally used in food.
Hope this idea clicks and
Tambuli Mane
Exclusive, authentic, traditional health drinks of Malenadu and other cuisines
Get ready to cool your body this summer at
#TambuliMane
6th phase, JP Nagar
#Bengaluru
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Probably more than a hundred year old neem tree (ಬೇವು, Azadirachta indica)
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Better than covering the space around tree, near its trunk, with concrete/cement.
Spotted at RMV 2nd stage,
#Bengaluru
.
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Pineapple flowers. A hundred flowers become the fruit that we get to eat.
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Shankar Meshtru is a school teacher. He’s also a traditional ‘vaidya’ (the one practicing folk medicine).
He can tell you about a dozen different ways of using each medicinal plant, just like that.
Today, we both planted few medicinal plants on a hilltop forest near our place
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Chitradurga/Hiriyur region is known to be dry, with scarce rainfall. However, the region has seen heavy rains this time. Water flowing like this is probably to be seen once in a century!
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Indian screw tree or Helicteres isora (ಬಲಮುರಿ ಗಿಡ) is an invaluable plant that has uses in improving digestive health.
V Daithota mentions in his book that this plant also helps you get rid of some annoying nail problems.
In coastal Karnataka, ‘rain coats’ are made using the
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People of
#Bengaluru
, It has started raining. Collect rainwater and recharge groundwater wherever possible, extensively.
Allow water flow to lakes and work together to stop encroachment of lakes.
We need to do all this, because groundwater is not an endless source. If you or
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Bountiful. Mangoes from a tree planted by mother.
Does anyone know which kind this mango is?
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This one has to be one of most intricately made sweets of India.
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Panipuri deserves as much respect and hype as it can get.
When prepared at home, with hygiene, it is not only great food with nutrition, but also, hands down — one of the tastiest food and quite popular with kids!
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Soil nutrition has gone for a toss increasingly with modern farming techniques.
In this video, a farmer shares how even ragi doesn’t grow these days without DAP.
#Agriculture
#Sustainablity
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Our younger one is a big fan of
@Tintin
.
She’s drawn this sketch this morning, looking into cover page of one of the books.
#Homeschooling
#ArtTime
#Sketching
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Someone I know brought this from the forests near Savanadurga.
Known popularly as ‘ಬಲಮುರಿ, ಎಡಮುರಿ’, this medicinal plant has some amazing flowers.
#Plants
#Medicinal
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How many of you have tried this wild fruit?
Carissa sp. (ಕವಳೇ ಹಣ್ಣು). A sweeter cousin of Carissa carandas (Karonda).
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An ancient green, growing Methi (ಮೆಂತ್ಯ, Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum) is fun as always. For last 8+ years, we haven’t purchased these from the market.
The ones we grow are usually not with big leaves as the ones you get in the market, but rich in flavour, aroma.
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These two pictures of ‘Shivlingi’ plant that I had shared couple of years back on Twitter had gone viral.
At some point of time, it came back to me as a ‘forward’ on WhatsApp. Looks like it reached a lot of people though.
We’ve let many of these grow in our farm — it grows
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Huge tamarind trees like these were common on both sides of road on Tumkur - Bengaluru highway, the NH4 (now National Highway 48).
The highway is now getting further widened.
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A greater advantage of
#Homeschooling
is the ample opportunities we get to introduce children to agriculture.
#LearningWithNature
#NaturalLearning
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Had an opportunity to interact with renown thespian Prakash Belawadi
@BelawadiBlr
whilst talking about medicinal plants this morning at Aaladahalli.
With me is Shankar Meshtru, a ‘vaidya’ and medicinal plants enthusiast.
Picture courtesy: Pradeep C.
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We do not usually eat outside much. On occasions when we do need to eat outside out of necessity, the better half prefers humble places like this one - a dhaba on Bengaluru - Mumbai highway.
And what a Dhabha it is, too! Serving all echelons of the society and famous for its
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For someone who grew up in Davanagere, this a must-have supply of the most essential snack.
Khara-Mandakki.
#Food
#Culture
#Traditions
#WeekendTask
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Even several kinds of grass (like durva, dharba et al) needs to preserved if one needs to perform a pooja true it’s tradition.
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A sapling I planted for my birthday 7 years back is now a favourite tree of tens of birds.
A bee colony had been here until the leaves were shed at the end of winter. New leaves are bringing about a spectacular light green. The bees will be back, I’m told.
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@RaniRoopmati1
Seeds of a climber known as Chitraphala (or Shivalingi in Hindi or Maalingana baLLi in Kannada) that is commonly found here in dry region of Karnataka. You may find this plant everywhere in India - all the way up to Himalayas.
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Transplanting sandalwood sapling and the climber ficus.
Sandalwood is a partial parasite and needs a plant together to thrive. It does not kill the companion plant though.
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Campco - my favourite chocolate company. Quite nostalgic.
The Better India: How A Few Areca Nut Farmers Created India’s 3rd Largest Chocolate Company.
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Just the day’s harvest of what we adore by the name ‘AvarekaaLu’ (Hyacinth beans in English).
This one’s a native heirloom ‘Sogadu’ variety. The odour of the beans stay with you for days and doesn’t go away even after washing your hands with soap ‘n’ number of times.
#Winter
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A farm is a great place to learn. Lessons learnt here are for life.
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One of the most important/useful trees for afforestation of the dry region.
Every farmer in the dry region should plant at least one tree of ‘Shami’.
The traditions ensure that this tree is given utmost importance - as a ‘mother’ and as a source of great power.
The shloka
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The better half, being from coastal region, has this inherent trait of utilising produce of vegetables/fruits to the fullest. To the extent that you’d be surprised.
Here is a paratha made from... guess? *jack fruit seeds*! It was quite delicious.
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How lovely is it when your home isn’t just your place of dwelling, but also of these feathered friends.
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@Rajeev_GoI
@satishacharya
@unnycartoonist
Love the fact that you’ve shared these.
There are very less people who can do that and take it in a sportive way.
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Vani Vilasa Sagara dam. ಮಾರಿ ಕಣಿವೆ/ವಾಣಿ ವಿಲಾಸ ಸಾಗರ ಅಣೆಕಟ್ಟು
Apparently, for almost last 80 years, water levels haven’t reached as much as it did this year. It’s been quite a phenomenon for this reason - visitors have been thronging the place which is also rich in biodiversity.
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On this auspicious day of Vaikunta Ekadashi, sharing photos of different kinds of Tulasi.
Happy Vaikunta Ekadashi!
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Over at better half’s place, it is ‘Ugadi’ today (Solar Calendar)
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