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.
The era of bathing bars or ‘toilette’ soaps, as they were more popularly known then, is one that folks from the eighties and nineties would surely hold close to their hearts.
Eager to bring Ayurveda into your routine and wondering how you can do it? Here are six items you can make at home to replace chemicals in your hair, teeth and body.
At a time when over consumption of plastic and a use-and-throw culture is choking the planet, borrowing a leaf from India’s age-old sustainable habits could make a small but important difference