Chai...

Oh, Chai on trains. Another Journey, a musical ‘chai garam chai’ rings through your ears as the man carrying the vat of chai walk by, droning ‘chai garam chai’. Thoughts are triggered with the very first sip, its warmth runs through your senses. The flavour changes. From Station to station. Assam tea. Nilgiri tea. Darjeeling tea…yet the essence of drinking tea from that rough clay earthen cup follows you from one station to another.
A ‘chai garam chai’ interrupts your daydreaming. Sultanpur. The signal turns green. Gaziabad. Delhi. The train picks up speed. The electric wires race with the train. You wonder who will win. You chuckle. Puri sabki and a cup of tea to go with it. “Ek Chai?” you nod. New friends, new stations…another sip…ahhh chai
-Tea Board of India(-: