The baking soda we call *meetha soda* in the home is sodium bicarbonate; washing soda is its stronger sibling, sodium carbonate. When you heat baking soda properly, it becomes washing soda itself, releasing steam and a gas. I have seen this in my own kitchen—gently roasting baking soda in a *kadhai* to make a powerful cleaner for scrubbing floors. It reminds me how simple things can transform with a little heat and patience, just like my shy young lifters in the gym.
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