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चाय की दुकान में आपका स्वागत है ! Welcome to Chai ki Dukaan
It would be a shame to come to blog called Chai ki Dukaan and not go through a cup load of Chai Pictures!!! Here is Tea from wherever I have been to, for you!!!
Also this post is going to be a sticky one, which means that the new ones are going to be visible right below it, and this one stays on the top so that you can get to see ChaiChitra when you come to Chai ki Dukaan next!
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Is shahar mein!
I have been totally hooked on to songs of Rockstar for a while now! The album is on a repeat mode, and I keep skipping the songs to hear
1. Is Shahar mein…
Mohit Chauhan brings such a beautiful mood to this song with his “unique” style of rendering the usual! This song has happiness, naughtiness, and sounds grounded! Total fun to listen to, and don’t miss the little guitar solo at the end, and a ringtone as a bonus 🙂
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2. Sada Haq…
A beautiful mix of rebel and fact with music which sounds pure! and the guitar work is beautiful! Its been a while I have heard something this nice!And the lyrics! Uff!
क्यों सच का सबक सिखाये, जब सच सुन भी न पाए ||
सच कोई बोले तो तू, नियम कानून बताये |||[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSlM1pZl30&w=560&h=315]
3. And then something of a totally different mood… Kun Faya Kun
This is one song that would light up any morning or an evening with its beauty!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iADUPz-embY&w=560&h=315]
Hats off Rehman! You have something to do with God for sure!
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Name Servers
For the technical inclined Name Servers are a common thing to be referred to!!!
I had been facing the issues with NS for my url www.chaikidukaan.com since the time I started the migration from blogger to WP…. Somehow managed to figure out the issue today, and am able to complete a tracert of chaikidukaan.com to my domain space provider… Can think of the next steps now!
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Move to a different Platform
Chai ki Dukaan is undergoing testing to move to a different platform… It could be intermittently unavailable over the next few days!Please adjust maadi!
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7 Years young today!
Its Chai ki Dukaan’s Birthday today!!!
7 years and still going strong! Could not have happened without all the people who have made Chai Ki Dukaan a part of their lives in some way or the other!!!A big THANK YOU!!!!!
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Chaibaaz Dithi (चायबाज़ दिथी )
My mailbox conked off, and I could not check this email from Dithi for a while, and when I finally managed to access it today, I felt so super nice reading her thoughts about Tea..Dithi is an amazing artist based out of Geneva, and I do not have words to express how beautiful her work is! Please do visit the links at the end of this post to explore Dithi’s world of mind blowing paintings!– Why Tea?….‘coz it makes you feel like you are home, you are warm and everything is going to be fine when you take that first morning sip. Almost 4 years in Europe (read: being surrounded by café lovers & Espresso fanatics) couldn’t take the chai lover out of me, if anything, I hold on to it more sip by sip.– What if you had to make a flavor of tea, what would you have in it, other than Tea leaves?Grated juicy ginger bits, crushed Cardamom/Elaichi, cloves, a couple of crushed black peppercorns, a nice ghazal and some sufi songs in a husky female voice!– What would you do if you were given two days in a tea estate?I would try not to get lost!! Wait, let me explain where that came from: Way back, sometime in the 70s, my parents were visiting the Makaibari tea estate and my mom and sis could not find their way back from the ladies room for a little while. That made a rather scary picture of a tea estate in my mind, of being this endless 3D maze that you never find your way out of if you get lost.That image was crushed (phew!) on our visit to the Munnar tea estate. It’s unreal; you are surrounded by beauty and serenity. I’d like to just listen to good music, help myself to a serious tea drinking indulgence and, of course, let all that inspiration find expression in a little bit of artwork may be?– Tea in a cup? or Tea in a steel glass? or Tea in a kulhad (earthen cups) or tea in a paper cup? or tea in a glass? and why?Kulhad on the road, whenever possible, am a Bengali who loves her ‘cha’ in the ‘bhaand’ (Bengali name for the delightful terracotta cup). At home, I like collecting handmade ceramic cups and mugs by various artists all over the world. I also enjoy observing the various ways in which tea is served in different countries, e.g. Moroccan tea in coloured decorative glasses, Chinese tea in white or blue porcelain cups, etc., that sort makes the tea drinking experience that much more exciting and authentic.– What is your earliest memory of Tea?Earliest and strongest 2 memories:1. Dad having several cups of very strong tea all through the day, he still does. He is the unparalleled tea King in the family!2. We were not encouraged (read: not allowed) to have tea as kids.– Do you remember when you had tea for the first time? Is it related to why you like tea so much?Because it was such a big deal for me to have tea as a kid, I remember, one of the joys of the newly found freedom when I moved out of home for the first time to stay as a paying guest in Kolkata (while in college) was being served tea for breakfast everyday! When I went back home after that, the tea-rule changed. That was such a ‘grown-up-&-can-have-tea’ moment!– Your favorite T-shop? and why?Many. Dolly’s tea boutique in Kolkata, love the Fab India Organic Tulsi tea, in Geneva I love buying caddies from Terre D’oc and Teakoe.– Your favorite brand of tea and why?I like Tata teas for the desi masala cup, Tetley Early Grey for a flavourful cup of black and Terre d’Oc blends for an occasional designer organic tea (their spicy black from India and Earl Grey from China are super!)– Your favorite website related to Tea and why?Many, you’ll know why when you hop over:http://www.rangacupofchai.blogspot.com/http://www.chaikidukaan.com/http://www.terredoc.com/english/Default.aspx#http://www.teacaddy.czi.cz/– If Tea was a person, what would that mean to you? What would that person be like?Would be a ‘he’; dynamic and strong, yet, a much grounded person whose company would be nothing less than therapy for my often-jittery nerves.– Your favorite T-picture please…
– Your favorite T-quoteWell, I came across this Japanese proverb recently and loved it: ‘If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.’ So true!– Your website/blogThis concludes the Tea Talks series for now, except that I am to answer these questions and post them here 🙂Have you checked AndPictures yet? Here is the link : www.andpictures.net -
चायबाज़ ज्योति (Chaibaaz Jyoti)
Jyoti is a fellow FACEBOOKist and is a member of the “Ek cup Garam Chai ho jaye” Group on FB. When I posted a request for interviews, she was one of the firsts to respond and here we are with her lovely responses. In her own words, Jyoti is a “never-say-no-to-chai-addict full-time stay-at-home mom, a once upon a million years ago voracious n addicted blogger, part time poet and a full-time “perpetually on a learning curve” amateur photographer”. Her sense of humor coupled with the love of Tea makes this chaitalk very interesting to read!________________________Why Tea??Why not??Jokes apart… I guess it’s all about the initiation. Once a person is introduced to such an energising beverage at an impressionable age… it’s hard to resist it. Tea just happens to be the one for me.“Chai peenein ke liye, bahaanein kise chaahiye yaaron??Chai toh khud peenein pilaanein ka bahaana hai. “– What if you had to make a flavor of tea, what would you have in it, other than Tea leaves?Ginger… any time. I have tried and tasted many flavors… but nothing beats the plain old “adrakwaali chai”. And that’s my elixir.– What would you do if you were given two days in a tea estate?Drink tea and take pictures… :D:D:D:D That sounds silly… but that kind of sums up what I’ll do. Although… if I were to give a more politically correct answer… I would say… try to make most of every moment and get to know more about tea… from horse’s mouth.Wait… do horses drink tea?? :D:D:D:D– Tea in a cup? or Tea in a steel glass? or Tea in a kulhad (earthen cups) or tea in a paper cup? or tea in a glass? and why?Steel glass -> C cup -> glass glass -> Paper cups … in that order.-> Steel glass : Anytime. A part of the experience while having tea is the feeling of the warm steel glass in your hand. I would exchange that for nothing.-> C cups: They look artistic, alluring… and are easily available everywhere. So I use it cause it’s there… not out of choice.-> Glass gilaas: Kaanch ke gilaas mein chai peenein ka majja hi kuch aur hai… especially on a rainy day at a roadside tapri. But please don’t serve me chai in a gilaas if I am at your house. :D:D:D:D:D-> Kulhad chai… seems exotic… meant to be savored on special occasions.Your earliest Tea-Memories…I have two very distinct memories. Both are very dear to me… so I guess I’ll share both rather than just one earliest memory.My ammamma( maternal grandmother) was the one who introduced chai [ no not chai… tea… she had studied in a convent… so it was always tea for her… never chai. :D:D:D] to me. I was in… 1st standard, when I had gone to stay with her for summer. I used to watch her studiously mix Brook bond Red Label(granules) and Lipton Green label ( tea leaves) and fill it up in her tea can. No on ever made tea like her… so said everybody when they’d visit ammamma.And she took pride in being meticulous and precise about her tea.I guess… that was when I was all fascinated and got initiated to the world of chai lovers. :D:D:D:DBut reading another Chaibaaz’s answeres… I remembered another a very distinct and a dear memory.When I was around two, our neighbours were a bengali family. Kaaku( uncle and Kaamimaa( aunty) loved me to lore. Every evening, when Kaaku would return from work, kaaki would serve him cha with either plain muri or jhaalmuri. I was the only one in the house who was allowed to pick muris from Kaaku’s cha glass. We would both sit at the edge of his four-poster bed, switch on the radio( those huge old fashioned radio sets) and enjoy cha-muri. I loved these chaa-muri session so much, I would get dressed every evening and go wait at our favorite corner on that four-poster bed, for Kaaku to come back from office and share his treasure with me.So technically… I must have gotton intitiated at the age of 2. Though, I didn’t remember this earlier cause after a while… long before I turned 3, we left that house and moved away and my chaa-muri sessions with Kaaku ended. I grew up and forgot all about the memories till now when I was reading the afore-mentioned chaibaaz’s post.– Do you remember when you had tea for the first time? Is it related to why you like tea so much?Yes… I guess. Read my answers above.– If Tea was a person, what would that mean to you? What would that person be like?It would be my confidante… my shoulder to cry on… my companion of good and bad times… my absolute best friend. And what would it be like… warm, strong, comforting and a joy to be with.– Your favorite T-picture please…I would have loved to post a chai in a kulhad picture taken near Manmad station or Kharagpur… but alas… I have none as of now. So please feel free to use any of Archana’s pics. I love them all. Just make sure the pics are… steamy… :d Literally.Please read Archana’s Chaibaaz post here.– Your favorite T-shop? and why?Where – Vishal Chai ki tapri at Pune University. Why – Loads of memories. And the best chai I have had as an adult, that was not made by me. :D:D:D:D {Ok so now you also know that I think my chai is the best. :D:D:D:D but I know… every true blue chai-addict thinks so too. }– Your favorite T-quoteI never really thought of looking at tea quotes… up untill now… Tea has always been my elxir. So I’d say… Chai… sabke gam bhulai… Wait… that sounds cheesy.Let me see… guess this is a good quote… “A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water” :D:D:DWhat do you say??– Your website/blogI don’t have one as of now. -
चायबाज़ श्रीविद्या (Chaibaaz Srividya)
Srividya is a fellow photographer based out of Mumbai, and I know her through the online world of Flickr, and Facebook for a while now! Its great to have Sri pouring her heart out to the Chaitalk questions!Enjoy!_________________________Why Tea?– The aroma of the tea and and that refreshing taste of tea .– The fact the you can have tea without milk also– and a lame one : I always do spelling mistakes while spelling Coffee ,Tea is simple ..even if i dont use ‘e’ and ‘a’ it still would mean T– What if you had to make a flavor of tea, what would you have in it, other than Tea leaves?A tinge of the heavenly smell of cocoa ( i was staying close to the cadbury factory and that smell of cocoa was sheer madness )– What would you do if you were given two days in a tea estate?Okay,Now this a tricky question. a confession here :I love photography more than i love .So the first thing i would do is click photos and then i would try picking up Tea leaves the way they do it in the estate!– Tea in a cup? or Tea in a steel glass? or Tea in a kulhad (earthen cups) or tea in a paper cup? or tea in a glass? and why?Never a paper cup or plastic cup .The below in the following order of preferenceTea in a Kulhad : the rustic feel of Kulhad..i jusst love it and the taste is different in KulhadTea in a steel glass: reminds me of homeTea in a cup:Now this would be just for the love of drinking tea in different kind of cups and its comfortable to holdTea in a glass: Tapri Chai…with friends– What is your earliest memory of Tea?My earliest memory of Tea is Mom Dad drinking Tea in the hall and we getting to drink Bournvita or Complan or plain Milk and being told that “Chai peeyoge to kaale ho jaoge!”– Do you remember when you had tea for the first time? Is it related to why you like tea so much?I dont remember exactly but yes i do remember drinking tea was an achievement because only adults used to drink as stated above .He he he.– What would you tell someone who does not drink tea, about what they are missing?I will not tell them but i will prepare an garam ginger tea and make them drink and then they will tell …– Your favorite brand of tea and why?Red Label ,because this is what i have been seeing from childhood and have been addicted to this although in a recent home function when the chefs made the tea,it was just awesome and i had 4 cups of it in a steel glass. When i enquired ,it was Kanandevan Tea . I havent tried it yet ..will surely do soon .– Your favorite website related to Tea and why?Jab se pata chal hai ki chai ki bhi websites hothi hain tabse Archana Srinivas’s Blog and Chai Ki Dukaan and sometime Kshitz’s Chai photos with the desciptions he writes.– If Tea was a person, what would that mean to you? What would that person be like?I would not be able to drink it . He would be a mixture of water and milk.. water indicating the mildness and milk indicating the correct amount of boldness to take decisions . Sugar would obviously mean sweetness in the nature of the person . A small peice of smashed Ginger would indicate the adventurous nature. Cardamom would indicate the love.– Your favorite T-picture please…
– Your favorite T-quote“ek masala chai” “Ek garma garam chai de do bhaiya”
