Increase in population, extreme pollution and our inability to keep the retail outlets free of rodents and dust is what limits us from having this in all rural/smaller setups. The day this happens in neighbourhood groceries - whether they're delivering directly to customers or through quick commerce gig workers, we'd be seeing a great deal of normalisation in terms of use of plastic.

@vishuguttal Wouldn’t mind carrying containers for oil even now (we get oil in designated steel containers each time - just refills)

@SandeepHegde True. And they’ve become less friendly compared to those days, if I’m not wrong :-)

RT @Vktkv: Bengaluru postcard, perhaps from early 90s

Scary!

@anantkkumar Yes, but the one used to make this candy is the North Indian variety.

The 11 year old is busy finding an idea for ‘birthday present’ for the birthday of her sister. (The birthday is getting closer) #LearningatHome #homeschool

RT @krishkallapur: @hpnadig “ಪಲಾಶ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಸಂಕಾಶಂ ತಾರಕಾ ಗ್ರಹಮಸ್ತಕಂ ರೌದ್ರಂ ರೌದ್ರಾತ್ಮಕಂ ಘೋರಂ ತಮ್ ಕೇತುಮ್ ಪ್ರಣಮಾಮ್ಯಹಂ” ಈ ರೀತಿ ಮುತ್ತುಗ (ಮುತ್ತಲು…

RT @iPradeepSangwan: 750 kilogram/ A truck full of solid waste strewn in the beautiful forest collected in a couple of hours by 100 volunte…

True. We may come across some evidence if we go through the archives and do some research - I remember reading this in some book (was it Dharmpal's book? I don't recall). I've heard farmers mention this. Farmers in Chitradurga and Tumkur have many stories of not just British, but also Indian government targeting specific trees for various reasons. Just few decades ago, Boswellia serrata (Dhoopada mara) was mindlessly cut down by an order. I was trying to find a copy of that order - but it's quite time consuming. Farmers tell me on how the tree vanished completely from their surroundings. It is nowhere to be found now in these two districts except for just one pocket where forest fire has been threatening their existence.

@yajurveda_hari Around Feb, they shed leaves fully and almost play dead. By the onset of Vasanta masa, there'll be flowers.

@jayashivashambo Interesting!

@Jyothishetty911 What did they call it?

@copyninja_ yes, used in Agnihotra.

@subbuboloor ನಿಜ.

@GigTeams ಬಹಳ ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುವ ಮರ ಇದು.