24. Turbulent Times

Hello again, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. It’s that time of year, the party season, and I do miss the tea gardens of the Dooars. So I turned to my friend Nandita Tiwari who…

Hello again, all you lovely people at CFC and FOM! The sun has begun its southward journey and the festive season is here. Festivals were always extra special in the world of tea gardens. Today,…

Hello, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM! The children who grew up in tea gardens have the best stories to tell. Today’s storyteller Sunayana Sarkar says, ‘ I was not really a Chai ka baby by…

Hello, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. Friday is my favourite day of the week since I get to re-visit ‘Indian Chai Stories’ – that wonderful collection of stories from tea gardens by over seventy…

Greetings to all you lovely people at CFC/FOM.  We’ve visited a number of tea gardens together on our Friday reads, haven’t we? Today’s story takes us to Cachar in the southern part of Assam. That’s…

Hello, all of you lovely people at CFC/FOM. Friday is here again, and I’ve just put down my newspaper. ‘What troubled times we live in!’ Now that’s a line we all often hear, especially from…