Herbs

80% adolescents in India have a deficiency of micronutrients. Let not your family suffer from the "hidden hunger". Grow microgreens yourself and be your own masterchef!

In many households across India, grandmothers still follow this practice of drying certain leaves and flowers and making a paste from it. If my nonagenarian grandmother had her way, she would still be making her own shampoo powder.

A multidisciplinary designer and illustrator, Maithili Panikar’s first tryst with gardening began after being inspired by a project she was working on which included designing play stations for children using natural elements.

Here are some common Indian plants and herbs that have healing and medicinal properties and can be easily grown in a garden or even a terrace.

During a college project, Priyanka Amar Shah combined her love for nature with business skills to start iKheti, an enteprise that facilitates urban farming

Founded by interior stylist and new mother Renuka Shah, Jalebi offers affordable plantable products embedded with fennel, brinjal, tulsi, marigold, coriander and mustard seeds.

Patalkot, a remote valley so deep that even sunlight cannot reach here. Also, it is believed that Meghnath went to "Patal-lok" from here. Know more about the villages, the tribes, their life and the mesmerizing beauty of this less explored place.