Kanasu

21/05/2022

24/10/2019

Nilgiri Natural History Society (NNHS) and Kanasu Café are offering a workshop on DIY Non-Toxic, Eco-Friendly Household Cleaners. Participants will learn about the dangers of some over-the-counter cleaners and why it is safer and equally effective to make your own alternatives using simple and basic ingredients such as citrus peels and soapnuts.

Sharada Ramadass, Coordinator, NNHS, will go over several different homemade recipes for disinfectant, laundry soap, toilet bowl cleaner and more. The class is free and open to the public and takes place on Tuesday, October 29rd, from 10:00 am– 12:00 pm at Kanasu Café, Ooty.

Unfortunately even shopping “green” can be a little misleading and challenging. Cleaning supply manufacturers are not required to list their ingredients on the product label, and that’s part of the problem. One must even be skeptical of products that tout themselves as “green” or “all-natural”.

Need a few more reasons to learn how to make your own non-toxic cleaners?

1) Less packaging waste. By re-using your own spray bottles and containers you reduce household waste.

2) Save money. Making your own cleaners is less expensive then buying new, no question about it.

3) Less harmful. This one may be obvious, but it’s worth noting nevertheless that making your own cleaners out of these ingredients is much safer to humans, animals, and the earth. In fact, two of the most common ingredients in your over the counter cleaners are chlorine and ammonia. What do you get when you mix these two common ingredients – potentially poisonous gas.

4) Less noxious home smell. Your home is not supposed to smell like a perfumery or a sterilized hospital room, though some of us grew up with that!

28/06/2019

01/06/2019

The book market is back in Kanasu tomorrow, and this time with a curated selection of fiction for adults too!

19/05/2019

📚Save the date! 📖

26/04/2019

Read aloud sessions, art, craft and a book sale this weekend at Kanasu!

11/04/2019

Research proves conclusively that one simple activity — reading aloud to children — is the best way to prepare children for learning to read and to keep them reading as they learn and grow.

08/02/2019

A great collection of children's and YA books to own or gift. Come, find magic in a book.
One day only: tomorrow at Kanasu!
8 February, Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

03/02/2019

Mark your calendars! A curated selection from children's book illustrator Kalyani Ganapathy.

03/01/2019

Dharā, featuring gorgeous organic and handmade products at Kanasu, will be winding up at 4 pm tomorrow.
Have you visited yet?
Orygyn

02/01/2019

Kanasu in a festive attire, celebrating the world of Handmade!
Orygyn

10 new photos added to shared album

24/12/2018

Come celebrate organic origins and forgotten stories of the with , brought to you by Orygyn.
3 days of stunning artisanship for the conscious customer at Kanasu.

02/12/2018

Some snapshots of the interactive session with Ganapathy, on the book Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbush, which she recently illustrated.

02/12/2018

2 hours to go! The books are flying off the shelves, so if you haven't visited the Pop up Book Market yet, hurry! :)

01/12/2018

1 day to go! See you there!

30/11/2018

2 days to go!

28/11/2018

Drop in to The Pop-up Book Market for an interactive talk with children's book Kalyani Ganapathy!
Limited signed copies will be available for sale.