29. The Great Flood of ’54
Please bear with me as I bring you another story about the hardships that people endure in the tea gardens.
And at the end of it, fear not, you will feel cheer, because it is a story about courage and generosity and the value of human life. So here it is, Bill Hudson’s account of the great flood of 1954, which Aloke Mookerjee kindly shared with Indian Chai Stories. The place – Dooars, and the river, Jaldhaka.
And this was the 200th story to go up – so cheers to the fund of tea stories, and cheers to the lovely people who tell them!
Read the story
– 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.