28. Drama in Real Life
There are all kinds of tea garden stories, as I mentioned at the outset. For the most part, I’ve shared the happy, carefree ones.
Do take a look at what P.G. Wodehouse once said about his craft: ‘I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring life altogether; the other is going right deep down into life and not caring a damn…’.
So here’s a story for you this week that goes ‘right deep down into life’ – the life of a twenty year old rookie in the tea gardens of the Dooars as he stares death in the face. The tea gardens aren’t exactly paradise, as Anjan Roy reminisces. Read all about it here
– 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
Visit www.chaiforcancer.org to donate towards our cause.