Wipe with bamboo

Compiled by Jane Borges Heena Khandelwal and Nimisha PatilEver wiped yourself with a bamboo towel Manipurbased Madake founded by Vidit Patni in 2019 offers a range of sustainable daily essentials with towels as highlight Priced between Rs 199Rs 1499 their range of towels made from bamboo is not only more sustainable but also highly absorbent in comparison with microfibre towels The fact that they take limited space while travelling made them earn brownie points from us They also offer soaps made from charcoal sandalwood and of course bamboo Choose a gift box if you want to send a thoughtful gift to someone you love without the worry of leaving behind a massive carbon footprintmadakeinHistory through a windowThere are some accounts on social media that you follow for entertainment and then there are those select few you follow to learn something Belonging to the latter is Itihsology a youthdriven platform that offers multiple perspectives on historical tales to first spark curiosity and then satiate it One of their recent posts highlights a thumb ring created for Mughal emperor Jehangir in the 17th centuryldquoEbba Koch an Austrian historian has noted that this original masterpiece carries the face of lsquoChrist as Pantocrator the aweinspiring allpowerful king framed on both sides by flying angels offering covered bowlsrsquo Made of walrus tusk the ring carries the face of the Virgin Mary on the inner siderdquo reads the post The story concludes with them quoting Koch saying ldquothe ring testifies to the cosmopolitan patronage of Jahangir sicrdquoEric ChopraRun by 20yearold Eric Chopra an undergraduate student of History at Delhirsquos St Stephenrsquos College the platform is not restricted to one genre While one post talks about scientist Anna Manirsquos contributions to developments in the study of solar energy wind speed and ozone gas another talks about a tomb in Thanesar Haryana attributed to Sheikh Chilli Bedtime stories see him as a simple and foolish protagonist but Chopra reiterate that Chilli was actually Darah Shukohrsquos spiritual masterItihasology InstagramA library in the mountainsSomething that wersquove always loved about Nandita Da Cunharsquos childrenrsquos fiction is that itrsquos very much rooted in reality One of her earlier books The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street was inspired by the minigreen revolution that took place bang in the middle of the busy DrsquoMonte Park Road Bandra Her new book My Trip to LaLa Land HarperCollins India illustrated by Tasneem Amiruddin is inspired by the work of 17000 ft Foundation an NGO that supports improving education in the remotest villages of the Himalayas The book is narrated in the form of a diary by nineyearold Tavishi who is forced into joining her mum to set up a library in Ladakh only to be caught in a grave misadventure But itrsquos under these tragic circumstances that Tavs as she is fondly called experiences a strange enlightenment as she learns to celebrate the mountains its culture people and most importantly booksAvailable at all leading bookstoresA mumrsquos smileShikha Khanna an award winning photographer has put together a new book titled 100 Self Portraits 100 Dreams Khanna who specialises in natural light photography says that the photos in her book depict a single powerful moment in the lives of women that exemplifies their motherhoodShikha KhannaldquoWhenever I asked mothers how they wanted to get clicked they would usually give me a long list of what they did not want Most of it was about their appearance such as dark circlesrsquorsquo Khanna explained ldquoSo I began photographing the women at their most candid moments and they said they felt beautiful I would make my clients feel happy about themselves and then capture this momentrdquo says Khanna who interviewed her 100th mom in February ldquoAny mom who looks at the book should be able to say if these moms can do it so can IrdquoshikhakhannacomFor that memory fixMike dowWe know when our brain is giving up on us The inability to remember the name of an acquaintance yoursquove known for eons or forgetting your own phone number and perhaps worse having absolutely no memory about what you did just yesterdaymdashthese are all signs of brain fog a condition where you might feel less mentally sharp With brain fog known to be a common longCOVID symptom the need to realign the mind has never been more urgent In his new audio book The Brain Fog Fix psychotherapist Dr Mike Dow has curated a threeweek plan to ldquorestore three of your brainrsquos most crucial chemicals serotonin dopamine and cortisolrdquomdashthe imbalance of which he says affects the mind Running at 7 hours 43 minutes with an accompanying PDF that has Nback testsmdashused as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure the working memory capacitymdashthis audiobook should be heard at a slow pace The solutions are simplemdasheating healthy sleeping longer hours and reducing social media consumption Not difficult but Dr Dow shows you howAudiblein