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NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 24, 2004: Doing away with plastic and going back to eco-friendly clay cups, called kulhads, India’s new Railways Minister Lalu Prasad is planning to inject some of his earthy flavour to millions who travel on trains every day. Turning the clock to two decades ago, Prasad will soon bring back the practice of serving tea in freshly baked earthen cups instead of plastic and Styrofoam containers. “The use of plastic cups and glasses will be banned and they will be replaced by earthen cups, which will not only provide employment to potters in the village but also be environment friendly,” said Prasad, who was till recently known as Laloo Prasad Yadav. Hinduism Today’s Delhi correspondent, Rajiv Malik reports that the kulhad, baked earthen pots, are considered to be very hygenic and have been used in India since ancient times. Even today when community meals [bhandaras]a re served to the sadhus and saints in holy places like Haridwar and Nashik or the Kumbha Melas, water and tea are served in kulhads, as the saints fraternity prefers them to other type of pots made of plastic or metal.

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