Homemade

Meenakshi Mehra, a seasoned interior designer, embarked on a new culinary adventure at the age of 72. With the encouragement of her daughter, she launched MomMade, a venture that celebrates traditional Indian flavours.

Founded by Mumbai's Hemangi and Prashant Nakwe, Hema's Veg Rasoi has so far served over 10,000 healthy meals inspired from traditional Maharashtrian recipes.

With a food venture named after her son, Ranitha Shabu's Gokulson Food and Processing Unit in Kochi, Kerala, prepares local favourites such as idlis, idiyappam, vattayappam, chakkayada, chakka vattayappam, kozhukatta, palappam, neyyappam and unniyappam.

Thrissur native Anciya makes 38 different types of homemade skin care products from ingredients available at her home.

Harsha Thachery’s startup, Masala Box, has helped over 200 home chefs in Bengaluru and Kochi sell food made in their own kitchens while adhering to FSSAI guidelines.

Assam’s Dipali Bhattacharyya invested a small amount to start her homemade pickle brand ‘Prakrity’. Here’s how she made a success out of her home business.

Common cleaning products are often petroleum-based and have negative health and environmental impacts. Turn instead to natural, homemade alternatives that can clean your house without toxic side effects.

Please note - while a hand sanitiser is a must-have during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is by no means a substitute for washing your hands regularly.

Suganya Selvaraj flagged off Grandma's Goodies last year in October, after being encouraged by the stupendous response that her podis received at a carnival organised in her niece’s school.

With more awareness about the environmental damage caused by sanitary waste rising among people, many women are switching back to a practice followed by our grandmothers or mothers in the olden days—homemade cloth pads.