On the way east, the P & O SS Corfu left Steamer Point, Aden, on the evening tide. The Union Jack hung at the flagpole, the ship was full of ex – pats, military types, civil servants, admin wallahs, planters, engineers. Including no...
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted – Aesop. Best part of childhood are its fond memories and today I found myself in a mood to ‘look back in time’. It was the late 60s and a kid’s life in large and remote...
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That intangible fragrance of tea leaves withering in gigantic troughs always left me nostalgic. Having spent all of my childhood days on the periphery of a large tea factory, this particular aroma cushioned my days in warmth, security and a...
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It is rightly said big things come in small packages. It rings true for this special person. Just sinew and bones to his frame of 4.5ft. Started his career as a carpenter knocking up tea chests in the good old days when teas were shipped in...
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In this magnificent tea growing land with daytime summer temperatures hovering at 35C. the tea sapling still puts up a brave front with no sign of wilting in the heat. New branches have sprung out. Trying to keep the ground cool with mulch and...
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The tea plant never ceases to amaze. A century ago Tea – Camellia Sinensis variety arrived and thrived under humid conditions of Assam and there has been no looking back since. Some claims of there being indegenious varities in different...
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