NIRMALA'S STORY | Entreprenuer |Nirmala's Kitchen Inc.

Her Story

Nirmala’s roots stem from a tribe of master rice growers and Ayurvedic scholars, from Northern India all the way to Guyana, a small South American nation with strong Caribbean roots. This is where she grew up with her extended family, her great-great-grandparents having emigrated from India in the 18th century as British indentured servants.

At the age of five, she learned to cook with no running water or electricity, as well as to build soils, curate seed, and spice libraries, and build berms to create rice paddies. She began her studies of Ayurveda under the tutelage of her grandfather, an Ayurvedic scholar and Hindu pandit (priest). It was a childhood that carried the deep markings of staunch Brahmin background and taught Nirmala the bare basics of how to survive on what you could grow, how to make food your medicine and more flavorful through spices. Little did Nirmala know, back then, that she was seeding her own future.

When she was 10, her life changed radically. Her uncle had signed up to serve in the U.S. military in exchange for citizenship. He fought in Vietnam for two tours, became an American citizen, and sponsored Nirmala’s grandmother, who promptly moved the entire family to New York City. This is how she came to grow up in the culinary melting pot of the Queens.

After living a corporate life for some years, Nirmala wondered if she was passively living the epilogue of her life—so she chose to break that mold.

Filming at the farm - Nirmala’s Spice World on ZLiving, Zee, Zee5 Networks inspiring millions to come together and begin a journey of positive, lasting change through Ayurveda living. Nirmala Narine Global Travel & Memoir Cookbooks will take you into cultural kitchens around the world- No Reservations-Ellishiva Cinnamon, an environmental stewardship will inspire you to cherish the Earth.

"Encountering a familiar food in its birthplace is one pleasure of any journey"

In 2003, she began Nirmala's Kitchen procuring spices from small farm holders and fusing cultures through food that has today become a global lifestyle organization. Nirmala has traveled the world, visiting more than 185 countries, fostering connections between, farmers, indigenous communities and educating and empowering sexually abused orphans.

A Global Advocate for mentoring women-owned and diverse businesses and entrepreneurs, Nirmala was the first and youngest Asian woman to sit on the Board of the Specialty Food Association (SFA). She also served as chairwoman for the SFA’s Diversity Council.

She has been invited to speak about global cultures, history, mindfulness, future of foods, sustainable agriculture, Ayurveda and Vastu Shastra for Bard, Harvard University, Smithsonian, Field, American Museum of Natural History and many other Academic institutions across the globe.

A sought after global trends expert, and with contagious enthusiasm, Nirmala has used her dynamic approach and multifaceted experience in food, beauty, fragrance, health and wellness, and culture to run innovative workshop sessions and forecasting custom trends highlighting behavioral and strategic paths based on demographic factors for many Fortune-500 companies.

Her television show "Nirmala's Spice World" (ZLiving- ZEE Network)- in it's 5th Season- is globally syndicated in eight languages and she uses it as a platform to share her genuine and authentic message of positive change through mindful Ayurvedic living. In her global lifestyle shows, Nirmala opens her spice library connecting East meets West through food, culture, tradition, and beauty with our environment, family, and friends for optimum and mindful living in our modern world.

Nirmala has been featured in The New York Times, Bon Appetit, O: The Oprah Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Food & Wine and hundreds of other publications. She has appeared on Martha Stewart, WABC, CNBC, The Today Show, GMA, CNN, MSNBC, and The CBS Early Show.

Nirmala is the author of several travel memoir cookbooks with in-depth historic and cultural culinary influences on over 65 countries, fun anecdotes of her Global Escapades and menu style recipes for home-cooks and busy moms to enjoy in the comforts of home.

Her latest novel Ellishiva Cinnamon, is the exciting first volume in a lush historical-climate-change fiction "Cli-Fi" series about environmental stewardship, featuring a strong and empowered young heroine and providing readers with a unique escape into New York City back during the time when it was still an untamed jungle.

MISSION

Enchanted by ancestral science, tastes, stories and spices.

Nirmala Narine Global Living is a modern lifestyle brand with cultural roots in food, travel, wellness, and beauty.