The Tea Factory, Ooty, Tamil Nadu
Previous to my journey through the southern states of India, I had only driven past small plots of tea farms in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Near Ooty, a famous hill station of Tamil [...]
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Brands of India: TATA
Like apple pie is iconic to the USA, TATA Group is a company so firmly entrenched in India, few others compare to it’s size. In total, there are 28 enterprises, which feed into the 8 major companies under the TATA umbrella. Annual sales for the 2008-09 business year topped $70 Billion, 65% outside of India, with worldwide employment of more than 357,000 people.
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A Meal at Top Chen, Rewalsar Lake, Himachal Pradesh
Mid-morning hunger pains led me to Top Chen near 10 A.M. Located just across from Nyingmapa Monastery, a main draw for Rewalsar tourists, it was thanks to two loud customers sitting on the balcony yapping [...]
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The Pursuit of Coffee in India
Given that India is predominantly a tea drinking society, thanks in part to the British, the pursuit of coffee can be a struggle in some areas of India. With tastes changing and India adapting more [...]
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In Search of Chai Tea, My Indian Addiction
One of the things I crave my first morning waking up back in India is a good, strong cup of chai tea. I haven’t been able to reproduce this Indian drink at home as I [...]
