Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
These things should be taken into account while using perfume The practice of using perfume to make the body fragrant is all over the world. But many may not know how the trend of perfume started and what it is made of. Usually people use perfume for fragrance. But not only the fragrance, there are many other benefits of using it. A History of Perfume Historians say- 'Perfume started with the discovery of a kind of aromatic herbs and roots.' A chemist named Tapputi from Mesopotamia was the first to create perfume. It is said that he made the first perfume by mixing oil and flowers. After that, perfume became global. From religious rituals to daily life and funerals, perfumes were used. In Egypt, paintings of perfumes were placed on the walls of royal tombs. If we talk about its modern use and popularity, the credit goes to Paris. Commercial production of perfume began in Paris in 1370. This is where the modern perfume started. Perfumer Uddhav Bertaula What is perfume made of? ...