67. The Tale of a Wedding Less Ordinary
Greetings to all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. Have you got the monsoon blues? Nothing like a good cup of garam chai and a good story from the tea gardens to get you back on track!
Tea garden people don’t let anything get in the way of their plans. Intrepid? Yes. Spirited? In more ways than one, believe me. Fun loving? Could you ever think otherwise? Mrinalini’s story tells us all this and more.
She writes, ‘The year was 1990. It was the height of the ULFA agitation and many had told dad that it was foolhardy of him to get his daughter married in an increasingly unsafe environment. But Assam, to my parents, was home and their daughter was going to be married from home.QED.’
Yes, today we’re going to read one of my all-time favourites, ‘The tale of a wedding less ordinary‘ by Mrinalini Rautela Pahwa. Cheers, dear friends. Let the celebrations begin!
I will be back next Friday with another tea-time tale for all of you. Yeh vaada raha!
– 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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