Prashant Gurung’s dream, I thought, was as modest as his means: the waiter at the guesthouse of a tea garden in the Darjeeling hills wanted his eight-year-old son…
The legend of how Jungpana tea estate in Kurseong, Darjeeling came to be so named verges on the mythological. According to folklore, one of the “Ranas” – a…
At Darjeeling’s Goomtee tea estate, Anik Basu strikes a conversation with a fellow lodger in Goomtee and finds a story there.dnpd I do believe it was our mutual…
It was towards the end of May that I received a request from Teabox. Would I be willing to get out of sultry Kolkata, 38 degrees in the…
Meet Manisha Singh, Field Assistant at Balijan (H) tea estate, one of the few women in the ranks in this industry.dnpd My colleague, Gopal, was in Assam recently…
Frank Miller narrates the rise, fall and resurgence of Kangra’s tea in this engaging post.dnpd Mention Kangra at a cocktail party and if you get any reaction comments…
Anik Basu writes about the changing face of tea in the United States.dnpd When I touched base with Tony Gebely of Chicago, he was in China. He promised…