Piyo Chai, Suno Kahani
Chai for Cancer was based on the idea of bringing people together, sharing stories and raising funds for cancer patients in need. A CFC Adda encapsulates this idea. We are constantly looking at avenues to share stories which are told over a hot cup of chai and in this endeavour, we have collaborated with Meher Marfatia, author of the book, Once Upon a City, to share some of the stories she had collected while writing her column for Mid-Day.
Meher shares, “A cup of tea. Such a warm energy exchange between people over one. Be it masala, mint, camomile, lemon, green, kahwa or even tea-bag chai. Any and every flavour of tea I’ve sipped, interviewing Bombayites for my Sunday Midday column – from cutting chai glasses with street vendors to fancy blends in boardrooms – has led to charming conversations.
Happy to share some inspiring little stories, gathered while working on Once Upon A City.
Ek chai zindagi ke naam…
Kayi kahaaniyaan, Bambai meri jaan!”
- Betting on Barsaat
- A statue, a school and a moment cool
- Camera, lights, action!
- When Yusuf Saab came calling
- United We Stood
- Olympians and Bandraites
- Tale of a tangy treat
- One hundred years of gratitude
- The mascot who taught Bombay laughter
- Xmas lunch with the Desert Fox
- RIP Gerson: Keep Bombay blessed
- The other Gandhis
- Wooing, old Bombay-style
- A scientist’s word
- First epidemic hero
- It’s a Date!
- Rioting for puppy love
- Stag story
- Remembering Kamlabai Nimbkar
- September Surprise
- Indian women on Venus
- The Yogi and the Musician
- It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
- Speak softly love
- Think pink
- Persia under the pines
- It takes a village to bless a city
- Who were les Filles de la Croix?
- Magical monsoon tour
- First Miss India in free India
- Parsi panic in tinsel town
- Burn bright, eternal flame
- Ring out, twin bells
- Not mutiny but unity
- Salute to the real sloganeers
- Mango mazaa from Mazagon
- Ice Ice baby
- Remembering the Dragon
- Why bitter can’t be better
- Fair play