This story may have nothing to offer on tea front but gives us something else far more important:HOPE. This article in The Economist endorses that Gujarat, one of the states of India, is doing extremely well in terms of growth and development. One only wishes the rest of the country too follows the Gujarat model and embark on the path to prosperity. Read on.. Read the rest of this entry »

They brew it at home, pour it into containers and load them onto bicycles before riding off into the night. Stray dogs are their company as they work out of their “shops” —- bicycles whose handlebars droop with plastic covers packed with snacks and cigarettes…to read more http://bit.ly/ka3U3Z

The Assam government classifying tea industry under ‘orange’ category and asking them to pay pollution control fees for 10 years at lump-sum has irked the industry. It has demanded reconsideration of the government’s decision. Read further…http://bit.ly/ikz4CH

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By Vir Sanghvi

There are two fundamental misconceptions about tea in India and both date back to the British Raj. The first is our view that tea is essentially an Indian drink, our contribution to the British way of life. After all, the best tea in the world is grown in Darjeeling. Indians survive on cups of milky tea. Every office has its own tea boys and every railway station has its chai stall. What’s more, the term chai has become part of our vernacular, being adapted as a short-hand for all sorts of things: for instance, a small bribe is referred to as ‘chai-paani’ in much of India. Read full story http://virsanghvi.com/vir-world-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=626

Chayan Shah

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George Orwell wrote an article titled A Nice Cup

of  Tea, which was published in Evening Standard

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Now that “the holidays”—at their new-style Ramadan length, with the addition of Hanukkah plus the spur and lash of commerce—are safely over, I can bear to confront the moment at their very beginning when my heart took its first dip. It was Dec. 8, and Yoko Ono had written a tribute to mark the 30th anniversary of the murder of her husband. In her New York Times op-ed, she recalled how the two of them would sometimes make tea together. Read full story by Christopher Hitchens http://www.slate.com/id/2279601

Chayan Shah