When it rains, it pours

In water-deficient hilly territory, SOS Organics manages to run on its own steam

On a November 2017 trip to Kumaon, I happened to visit the charming workshop of SOS Organics. In terms of workspaces, it beats most I’ve encountered. Located at 6,000 feet atop a verdant valley with a view of the Nanda Devi range that on clear days seems menacingly near, the place created by the two founders Santosh (a German by birth and Indian in spirit!) and Amrita is to be envied.

But what really stayed with me during my long chat with them — besides their fascinating previous life as Osho sanyasins who travelled with Rajneesh to his man-made paradise in