We moved to Coonoor in June 2004 from Mumbai. Our family is Mansoor, Tina (Lisa) and our children Zayn('93), Pablo ('95) and dog Rhea ('02).  It was my obsession to live outside the city and preferably close to nature. It took a long long time to get here, with one aborted attempt to live in Mandwa - a seaside haven across the harbor in Mumbai.  Luckily I was able to convince Tina and then the kids about moving to Coonoor where we have had a house since 1994.  We used to visit Coonoor annually for holidays and stuff.   I am so lucky and grateful that my family agreed to make the move and that now this is happening.  I felt I was reborn and living for the first time.Luckily this kind of climate is great for cheesemaking too.  And that helped Tina find a vocation and we started exploring the possibility of organic gourmet cheesemaking.   Now we are selling our cheese from several outlets in Coonoor, Ooty and Coimbatore.  Check our cheese outlets from the Our Cheese Page.

The Team

Vinod and Archana handle the cheesemaking chores and packing the cheese.

Deepak and Swarna take care of our Farmstay Guests.

Radha & Perooswamy look after the needs our cows.

Mary  pampers our plants, veggies, saplings, ducks and geese.

Joseph is the Captain of Transport that is still petrol based - till Peak Oil kicks in.

Margaret keeps our house in order.

Together we are shaping a 'wild kind of a farm' that we call Acres Wild.