Serving up pure food It goes down well with those on the consuming end. It is the purest form of energy which is cooking the food. But in a kitchen in Old Delhi they do it the traditional way. Little wonder that tree cover is declining. Plainly not just due to inertia, or government policies.
Attitudes come into it.
The head cook insists that the flavour is enhanced if the food is prepared this way. You get the taste if the food is cooked with wood. Not only is awareness of the more environmentally friendly alternatives low and the initial investment required high. India is still at the stage of seizing any sources of power to meet the needs of a population of virtually a billion and the pressures to allow the economy to grow as fast as possible. In Rajasthan, the village near the ashram is seeing the benefits of the Brahma Kumaris' enthusiasm for solar power.