69. Back in the Day – VIII
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 older people.
I can’t help agreeing with Shipra Castledine, though. She puts it so well: ‘The days gone by… to me had a better quality of life. There was so much strength of character in our previous generations. And a simpler, more meaningful lifestyle. Anyway, we live with what we have and make the best of it :)…As long as saying something like that does not offend young people if they are reading the blog!’
Shipra takes us back in time to the early sixties. In her inimitable style she writes how the tea planters and their families were impacted by the 1962 war, and what life was like in Kolkata – well, Calcutta – of those days. I have a big cup of tea all ready as I settle down to read. Do get yourself one, too, before you lose yourself in Shipra’s world.
Cheers! I’ll be back with another tea-time treat for everyone next Friday. 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
Visit www.chaiforcancer.org to donate towards our cause.