Tanushree Podder - 1000 Plus Household Hints

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ISBN 9789381384640

Edition: April 2011

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M anagement has pervaded every sphere of modern life, so how could the home front remain exempt from its purview? Every homemaker is a manager irrespective of whether the setting is rural or urban. She manages to perform the household chores with such clinical efficiency that it seems to be a very easy job. But a little insight into the daily chores of a homemaker would reveal the enormity of the task. One cannot but appreciate the meticulous planning which goes behind the smooth functioning of a home. Inspite of so many modern gadgets meant for easing the task, the onus still rests on the homemaker to streamline all activities so that the home front rolls on well oiled wheels, smoothly and efficiently.

Pustak Mahal, in keeping up with its tradition, has been making great endeavour to publish House-keeping series to lessen the burden of the Indian women. This book, Over 1000 Household Hints, is one such effort in that direction. The underlying principle of the book, written in a simple language, is to help young women with the innumerable problems which she faces when she first sets up her home. This book becomes all the more relevant to the working women who dont have the required time to learn through the trial and error method.

It is hoped that the book will prove useful and worth preserving.

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M any books are written on different subjects but not many books have been written on solutions to the common problems faced by a young home-maker when she first sets up her home. The young woman is totally nonplussed about the myriad little problems that crop up every day How to store the greens in the fridge, how to turn out soft chapatis which will be appreciated by her husband, and how to make the resources last a little longer?

As a young bride, I faced a lot of problems and did not know where to look for the answers. Since I had always been a tomboy who had no interest in entering the kitchen or doing any household work, I was totally clueless about running the house. And when I faced the problems, I would sit and cry because I did not know how to deal with them. I would spend hours trying to prepare a dish, as given in a recipe book and land up with an inedible stuff just because I had put some extra teaspoons of salt in it. In my endeavour to become a perfect cook and a housekeeper, I pored over many books, contacted many people and maintained a diary with all the tips and hints given to me by my mother, aunts and grandmother. Those were hard times and I learnt it the hard way. I must have wasted a lot, thrown a lot, to learn my lessons. It was a perfect case of learning through trial and error. It took me years to learn all the tricks and yet I am far from being perfect. And then I realised that there must be hundreds of young women, like me, who do not have the patience and the opportunity to learn through advice or trial and error.