The summer of 2012 was brutal for our newply planted saplings. Our farm staff was watering the plants morning evening. Yet, we would lose most of the water to evaporation and the plants would be stressed all the time. We had to find an alternative. And that was mulching. But where would we find wood chips for mulching in such large quantities?

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As Aanandaa became more of a second home, we found ourselves travelling back and forth between Mumbai and Chandigarh. We started appreciating the time with our children in the countryside. We enjoyed healing ourselves, our relationships and our planet. We struck a balance between the corporate life that puts pressure on ourselves and the planet, with our personal lives that focused on healing ourselves and the planet.

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Our quest for good health sent us down the path of experimenting with different approaches to our diet, one of which was fruitarianism. We understood why our natural diet may be fruit, and only this diet could allow our bodies to heal itself. We gathered knowledge and information from various sources, and clubbed it with our own instinct and experience of growing food. We live in a world where absurd practices have been normalised, and age old traditional systems are questioned.

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The idea of integrating animals into the farm introduced us to animals beyond dogs adn cats. We learned how chicken, pigs, cows, goats were equally intelligent and emotional beings. While gathering information about how these animals were raised on farm, we learnt something shocking, and decided to become real animal lovers.

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In January 2012 we receved a panic call in Mumbai that our neighbours had thrown a fence around the village pond and taken possession of it. My act of adding fish and geese to the pond had been misunderstood by them as an act of establishing ownsership. He decided to do a 'one-up' on us by putting up a fence and taking it over completely!

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My father's 75th birthday was another reason to go back to Chandigarh in November. Since it was winter I could not do any plantation work. I decided to focus on the pond instead. To create an ecosystem, I added fish and geese to the pond. I was so pleased with this act, that I also bought two cast iron benches and placed them as a viewing gallery, so I could admire the pond at leisure!

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A close friend's brush with cancer had us thinking about why we fall sick. We started reading and researching about food, sickness and ow to heal naturally. We did an audit of our kitchen and discontinued a lot of processed and packaged food. Anything that can be on a shelf for months and not get spoilt, cannot be food. I also re-looked at what products I was applying on my face and body as a part of my personal care routine.

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A quick 3 days trip to Aanandaa with Radha & Ira, gave me a chance to review and finish the Caretakers cottage and the Weir which was being restored. It is this infrastructure which takes up more time and money. It also needs more detailed attention.

The girls wanted to go back to see the puppies who were a little older now. Caring for the dogs became the responsibility of Radha & Ira.

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It's not easy to convince the children that its more fun to spend their summer vacation in 42 degree summer in a village in north India, rather than go for a holiday overseas.

Yet, it can be done.

And it will build tremendous character and mettle in your children, which will serve them well in life.

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Our two weeks at the farm forced us to interact with people from all walks of life. It opened our worldview and helped us to reconnect with the real India. We could see the clash between the rural and urban sections of society. We experienced that first had as well. All four of us changed that summer .. and I think for the better

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