14. A Predator – Lost & Lovelorn
“..Sadly the mighty river swallowed up Oaklands. The stories that read like fiction but aren’t, make me feel like an ancient part of history”, writes Shalini Mehra. Her story ‘A Predator- Lost & Lovelorn’ illustrates beautifully how people living in the tea gardens have to be prepared at all times to share their space with other creatures – and not all of them from the realm of the living.
Shalini started the Camellia magazine over twenty years ago from her bungalow at Nuddwa Tea Estate in Upper Assam, and was among the first contributors to ‘Indian Chai Stories’. The Camellia ( named for the tea bush ) was a magazine much loved by the tea community, and it was a huge success. One day, I hope Shalini will tell us more about her journey with the Camellia and beyond!
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– Gowri Mohanakrishnan
Indian Chai Stories
This segment is a result of our fruitful collaboration with Indian Chai Stories, a blog by Gowri Mohanakrishnan, a planter’s wife who’s been writing tea stories for many years and is also an active supporter of Chai for Cancer
Her stories come straight from the tea gardens of India and are best enjoyed with a cup of garam chai.
So go ahead #raiseyourcup #DrinkToACause
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