Fair play
Fair play As the city prepares to welcome the latest festive week, following a four centuries-old tradition, suburbanites hold fond childhood memories of the Bandra Fair’s annual week of worship and revelry. Lasting eight days,…
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72. To Embroider a Story…
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…
71. Just One Drink
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…
70. Four Shots
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…
Mumbai Adda, July 20 2024
Another unique Chai for Cancer Adda took place, this time at the Artisanat India office in Byculla, Mumbai on July 20, 2024. Hosted by Madhavi Pal and her family, this Adda was a joyful celebration in support of her…
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…
68. Surviving the Monsoons
Hello, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. I’m so happy to bring you the latest from ‘Indian Chai Stories’ today. Aloke Mookerjee writes about the monsoons of the 1960s in the Nagrakata area of the…
Why bitter can’t be better
Why bitter can’t be better As another new year soon dawns for the Parsis, it’s time to ponder: Why have Gujarati plays that don’t sugarcoat the pill been nixed by Navroze naatak audiences? Drama was the…
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…