On a cloudy afternoon in London, four Canada geese honk loudly as they tumble out of the sky, skimming the water in a hidden inlet at the East…
Few places stir emotions quite like Kashmir. Bestowed with astounding geographical beauty and a most hospitable people, Kashmir has a special, indescribable charm. Its conflicted history is in…
Many tea lovers are cat owners or are owned by cats. A significant number of them associate tea, especially green tea, with health. It’s natural for them to…
His gnarled hands rivet my gaze. Bronzed as the good earth, rope-veined and thick-knuckled, they scoop clay from a damp gunny-sack, creating a mound on a wooden potter’s…
Resolution may be one word but it’s not easy sticking to them, especially when pakodas and chai seem to be appear magically wherever you look. In spite of temptation,…
It took a century to turn the tea bowl into the tea cup. In China and Japan, tea had always been served in a small dish, without an…