I Drink Tea & I Tell Stories

Book excerpt: CHAI . . . CHAYA . . . TEA . . . THEY ARE NEVER REALLY THE SAME! What is common between the eighty-year-old man sitting under a mango tree, the woman in a red saree, and the young boy waiting for the signal to turn green? A cup of chaya . . . What brings together a single mother, a talented artist, and a girl in a toxic relationship under one roof? A cup of chai . . . What binds the stories of a sex worker, a chai tapri, and women on a train? A cup of tea . . . Read as the author unfolds a world of stories, weaved together by life, love, death, and misery, brewed over her love for tea. Each story brings you closer to characters you see every day, with forgetful faces and unheard voices. But like most of us, they all have something to say!