Have you read all our stories from June 2018?

Hello readers, old and new!

Here's a round up of all the stories that went up in June, in case you missed any. And you get to see who's been writing them. Please click on the links to go to the stories you want to read.

Viraj Circar

Viraj Circar, cha ka baba in Kolkata, kicked off for June with Henry and His Horse  This was Viraj's second story. His first is here: https://teastorytellers.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-elephant-flora-dor.html They're both stories from the Dooars, and full of that special atmosphere of growing up in a tea garden.

Jaya Dutta

Jaya Dutta wrote her first story for us in June, and it's called 'The Power-full Problem'. Hope there will be many more stories from Jaya, a Cha Mem who now lives in Toronto with her planter husband Bijoy .

Mandira Moitra Sarkar

Mandira Moitra Sarkar, a 'cha ka baby' who grew up in the gardens in Assam, writes from Guildford in England  about her days as a 'boarder in LC', Shillong. Read Wednesdays at LC to know what fuelled the little ones at school. Mandira has also written The Bourbon Era and High Tea at Sunset with recipes here at Indian Chai Recipes.

Roma Circar

Roma Circar, Cha Mem now in Kolkata, has been writing (and rooting ) for Indian Chai Stories from the beginning! Her story for June was The Sisterhood. If you haven't read her first two stories, here they are: Unrequited Love and Lessons from Tea. Roma is mother to the other Circar writer on these pages, Viraj!

Shalini Mehra

Shalini Mehra, Cha Mem in Jaipur, has been a most encouraging presence at Indian Chai Stories from the time when it was it was just an idea! Her story for June is Comic Timing, an account of how the most carefully laid plans can derail in the tea gardens! Shalini has also written Train of Thought: A Comedy of Errors, Oh Manglu and A Predator: Lost and Lovelorn. Don't miss any of them.

Shipra Castledine

Shipra Castledine lives in Brisbane, Australia. This cha ka baby also has experience of managing a tea brokers' firm. Shipra recounts her childhood in the Dooars and her school days in Darjeeling in a series called 'Back in the Day' of which Part IV went up in June. Don't miss Back in the Day Part I. Part II and Part III.

Mamlu Chatterjee

The next new writer to join us in June was Mamlu Chatterjee, a cha mem who lives in a tea garden in Malaysia. Mamlu wrote Memsaabs, an adventure story from the gardens in Assam! We hope there'll be many more.

Gowri Mohanakrishnan

Gowri Mohanakrishnan  is happy to receive, read, edit and post other people's stories at Indian Chai Stories ( her 'start up' as she likes to call it ) but she does contribute one of her own occasionally. Not a Bad Egg, Really was her story for June, and she also wrote Hawa Pani - from a tea bungalow and Ghenwa the Jewel: A Birpara Tale 

Krupa David

Krupa David writes about how he landed (literally) in tea off a Jamair flight at Newlands 'airfield' in the 'Corner': Newlands and New Beginnings. Krupa has kindly shared his opus, Tales from a Planters' Diary so there will be more stories for our readers. Don't miss his two part story, The Three Legged Terror of Santula Busty Part I and Part II, if you haven't read them yet.

Rajesh Thomas

Rajesh is a second generation planter who was born and brought up in the planting districts of Southern India. His Learning to Drive takes us to Annamalai Club. Don't miss out on his earlier stories, An Interesting Day and The Dinner.

Joyshri Lobo

Joyshri Lobo's story for June is that of a fiesty woman from the Dooars , A Home Beside Two Areca Palms . Joyshri was among the first writers here, and she is a staunch believer that Indian Chai Stories is going to get bigger and better! Don't miss her first story Eight Years a Tea Mem. And then there's  Tiger Tales for those who love to read about adventure.

Those were our stories ( and writers ) for June!Thank you to all the wonderful writers and readers. You will see more posts introducing our other writers, and  July will bring new stories, with two new writers (at least) ! Watch this space!!

Happy reading, and cheers to the spirit of Indian Tea!