“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” ― The Bhagavad Gita Of the six orthodox ‘darshana’ or philosophical school of thought prevalent…
An unrelated brainstorming session, a projector filled with numbers, multiple parallel conversations and that awkward pause when you realise you’ve completely derailed from the initial conversation – the…
At the turn of the 20th century, Bombay was the most modern, the most populated, and the most affluent city in British India. It was – and continues…
Every summer, we make our annual visit to Assam, for the summer flush. And because it’s such a vast state, there’s always something new to discover. This is my…
In my family, for many generations we’ve been ordering our wedding Mekhala Chadors from weavers in Sualkuchi, Assam famous for its silk weaving. A car full of female relatives…
If your core taste preference is for strong black teas, Assam is a good starting point for exploration. It is the largest single tea producing region in the…
The Kangra valley is famous for its unlikely but sizeable Tibetan community that’s made its home here. But as tea folks, what we know it for is the…
Tigers and tea? They might be as different as chalk and cheese, but their unlikely pairing made its way into a beloved children’s book, the Berlin-born Judith Kerr’s…