: German Firm Rediscovers Centuries-Old Indian Leaf Plates; Sells For Rs 800 a Piece #IndiaNEWS #Environment I n India, it’s not just about what you eat but how you eat as well. For instance, a

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German Firm Rediscovers Centuries-Old Indian Leaf Plates; Sells For Rs 800 a Piece #IndiaNEWS #Environment
I n India, it’s not just about what you eat but how you eat as well. For instance, a gulp of the world-famous flavour bomb phuchka, aka pani-puri, is never quite satisfying in a plastic or steel bowl as it is in the traditional ‘sal pata’ bowl.
Called by a variety of names like patravali, pattal or vistar, etc. the practice of eating in a plate or bowl made out of leaves is a very common practice in India. A centuries-old tradition, this holds roots in the Sutrasthana, the first chapter of Charaka Samhita, the oldest treatise on Ayurveda by Acharya Charaka. According to Acharya Charaka, who was a principal contributor in Ayurveda, the practice of eating on a leaf plate with hands encourages sparsh (touch), which is responsible for awakening all the sensory organs in the mind, making the food consumption experience truly wholesome.
From community feasts, weddings, funerals to roadside snack shops, these crinkled dried-leaf plates and bowls are everywhere, every day and are intrinsically a part of Indian culture.
So, it’s quite a shocker when a German company, Leaf Republic, launched its ‘innovative’ collection of tableware made out of leaves. A perfect example of old wine in a new bottle, this curious case of Leaf Republic has sent Indian Twitterati down a rabbit-hole of traditional and indigenous products that the West borrowed, without credit, and rebranded as ‘innovative’ and path-breaking.

Phew. ð–a

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