74. Was It A Dream?
Hello again, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. It’s that time of year, the party season, and I do miss the tea gardens of the Dooars. So I turned to my friend Nandita Tiwari who…
What started off as an exciting new collaboration with Indian Chai Stories as part of the Chai for Cancer Season 8 Campaign, has only grown from strength to strength.
Indian Chai Stories is a blog by Gowri Mohanakrishnan with almost 200 original stories from 58 contributors from the tea gardens of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka!
Season 8 Campaign tagline was “Ek Chai Zindagi ke Naam”, and it was felt that there was no better way to take the campaign forward than to showcase the real life stories of tea planters. As Gowri herself puts it, “Back in the tea gardens, our motto has always been “Ek Zindagi Chai ke Naam”.
So, while our tagline changes Season wise, the sentiment remains the same!
When Gowri got married to a tea planter in 1986, she had to leave her city life behind and experience first hand life in the “Dooars”. Amazed by the incredible stories people shared at the tea garden clubs, she decided to start a blog and share their stories with the world! “Life here is a celebration of the human spirit. Indian Chai Stories is all about the people who live here!”
Tune in to Chai for Cancer every Friday for stories of elephants and leopards, of people and of ghosts; some stories so vivid and amazing, they beggar belief!
Hello again, all you lovely people at CFC/FOM. It’s that time of year, the party season, and I do miss the tea gardens of the Dooars. So I turned to my friend Nandita Tiwari who…
Hello again, all you lovely people at CFC and FOM! The sun has begun its southward journey and the festive season is here. Festivals were always extra special in the world of tea gardens. Today,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hello to all you lovely people at CFC/FOM! Had enough of the monsoon, everyone? Waterlogging, sticky weather, and the back-to-school grind making you long for another vacation in cooler climes? Want to fast forward yourself…