• Dress Maker Alley

    Down a narrow side-alley off Commercial Street in Bangalore there are loads of small tailoring shops which primarily cater to customers looking for ladies’ dresses….

  • Dry By Ceiling

    Have you been looking for a way to make use of that area above your head in your house? Feel like all that space up…

  • Sharp, Quick, Bare-handed

    A few weeks ago I wrote about my admiration for the way coconut vendors use the outside shell of a coconut to create a spoon…

  • A watery opportunity

    Atop the rocky fortress (or is it a temple?) at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, there are rubbish bins overflowing with empty water bottles. So many bottles…

  • Making plates disposable

    I came across this little concept in Sri Lanka, where many restaurants cut down the amount of effort required to clean dishes by first putting…

  • A towel of a different color

    At a nice, yet affordable, hotel in Kandy, Sri Lanka, I was happy to see two different color towels in my bathroom. Providing twin rooms…