But the thamboolam bags — let’s all admit how much we secretly love them — will still be a non-negotiable. Vaishali Vijaykumar curates a list of indigenous, independent brands that have the ...

In a bid to wean tribesmen away from their deeply-entrenched tobacco-chewing habit, a major cause for cancer, Wayanad’s Ayush department is distributing tobacco-free thamboolam chewing packs in ...

Benningalavaley Srivatsa Ranga (1918-2010), the director of Nichaya Thamboolam, was so named as he hailed from the erstwhile Mysore state and belonged to a small town near Bangalore called ...

So, she decided to add them to her thamboolam bag. “I reuse glass bottles, clean them up well, and paint them. Instead of giving a store-bought gift, giving something personalised like bottle ...

I also remember the whole ritual of seeing off guests with the thamboolam bag. I can’t help but think of the ubiquitous manjapai that was such a part and parcel of my parents’ generation.