Aroma Of Orange Pekoe By Jeff Tikari
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Aroma Of Orange Pekoe By Jeff Tikari
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Jeff Tikari
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Aroma Of Orange Pekoe By Jeff Tikari written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Jeff Tikari this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A book comprising anecdotes and snippets from the lives of tea planters - a breed that lived in far flung and remote areas which were, in some cases, not connected by rail or road and depended heavily on weekly air supplies that were delivered by war vintage Dakotas or single engined aircraft that landed on grass strips built by plantation labourers. Scottish and British planters were the pioneers who felled vast jungles to create Plantations. They built roads, factories, and bungalows for themselves and for their wives who visited from Scotland and England. They built clubs where they played games (tennis, squash, cricket, soccer and polo) and where they danced, entertained, and drank to ease the solitary life and cope with the rugged living conditions. A thoroughly entertaining volume that describes the amusing tales and episodes of the life of tea and coffee planters from northeast India, south India, and the Highlands of Papua New guinea.
Aroma Of Orange Pekoe
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-11
Aroma Of Orange Pekoe written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
These are stories, snippets from the day to day life of tea and coffee planters. They are mainly my stories – I spent thirty three years serving in tea and coffee plantations in India and Papua New Guinea: from 1959 to 1992.I say mainly my stories because I have also included amusing stories told at the bar in tea clubs, usually late at night, with slurred words, halting speech, and good humor – a close and genial time when the true character of a tale is revealed.Planters lived a simple life and so the stories are simple and from the heart. They lived a hard life which too is revealed in the telling. They made their own entertainment – cut off and living in far flung estates in large plantation bungalows staffed with a retinue of servants – no TVs only radios with weak signals over-laden with static; they entertained and kept sane by visiting, partying, and dancing. “Some nights I rode to the club,” said Ome Anand, “the advantage being that if I got too sozzled I lay on the neck of my horse that unerringly, got me home.” Furtive, short, love affairs blossomed here and there – with a ground swell of well healed, healthy, young bachelors, it was only but inevitable.Hunting was taken up by many and tennis, cricket, football, etc. was played by all. Managers insisted that youngsters visit the club and play games, “Keeps them out of mischief,” they said. Young Assistant Managers were not allowed to marry during their first tenure (usually three years) and so formed strong friendships, visiting each other regularly. Club nights were very popular and allowed an outlet to the loneliness of living by one's self.A good salary, generous accommodation including extensive flower and vegetable gardens, with a number of servants thrown in made an ideal situation where a young executive might like to bring home a bride. Not being allowed to marry during the first tenure turned some into keen hunters, sportsmen, and keener club revelers; others, to escape the loneliness of living alone, had women visiting; and whilst some temporarily kept 'garden women', others retained their women for years, and still some married them – especially when children were born.
Travails Of Innocence
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Travails Of Innocence written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Fiction categories.
A heartwarming story of the young in rural India. "Winter was a favourite season with the young: when the cane was high; when one could be hidden from view within a few feet of entering the field; when lovers could meet clandestinely without being observed. Chandhu, tall, broad-shouldered, his facial fluff turning into a beard, met Rukhmoni clandestinely there. They made eye contact there; they made hand and lip contact there; they clasped each other and made full body contact there; and after their fifth or so contact, Rukhmoni emerged from there with a light step, a radiant smile, and excitingly pregnant, though still unaware of it..."
Aroma Of Orange Pekoe
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-07-07
Aroma Of Orange Pekoe written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-07 with Cooking categories.
Amusing and entertaining nostalgic incidents from the life of planters: Tea and Coffee, between 1959 and 1992 and covering NE India(Dooars and Assam)and Papua New Guinea.Planters and their families lived in remote areas of the country where they made their own entertainment and lived lavish lives in large bungalows.The Managers were considered minor Gods by the labor who held them in high esteem.A Managers word was 'law' and incontrovertible.
A Compendium Of Short Stories By Jeff Tikari
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Jeff Tikari
Release Date : 2015-10-13
A Compendium Of Short Stories By Jeff Tikari written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Jeff Tikari this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Fiction categories.
his is a delightful collection of crisp and intriguing short stories that will enliven and charm your leisure hours. The writer employs the ‘Today-technology’ of story telling: An economy of words; a simplicity of style; and a tempo and cadence that match the brisk life-style of today.
Episodes Of Ecstasy By Jeff Tikari
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Jeff Tikari
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Episodes Of Ecstasy By Jeff Tikari written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Jeff Tikari this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Fiction categories.
A collection of crisp well written short stories with an Indian backdrop; the stories are written in a style that matches the fast paced life-trend of today and are pitched to hold ones interest right through to the end where a surprise conclusion leaves a good after-glow.
Laugh Like A Dog By Jeff Tikari
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Jeff Tikari
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Laugh Like A Dog By Jeff Tikari written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Jeff Tikari this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Fiction categories.
Laugh like a Dog John Rao is of Eurasian/Anglo-Indian descent. A Catholic scholarship enables him to enrol at an expensive college where he meets Meena Rowal. John is handsome, well built and smart. Meena is short, stout and homely. But the angle that sets her apart is her enormous wealth. To John’s meagre and pedestrian social standing there could not be anything more desirable in a girl. They date – Meena introduces him to expensive clubs and restraunts; they indulge sex in hotel rooms, and the inevitable happens – Meena conceives. Meena and John marry clandestinely in a small church attended by John’s mother and brother. The Rowal family finds out and persuades John to marry in the Hindu way as well. John now moves into the Rowals’ family Mansion. But the situation sours progressively. Meena treats John off-handedly; whilst at the same time lavishes gifts on him regularly to keep him in line. John’s demands for wealth grow and Meena’s father, Ranjit, wonders if he may have to have his son-in-law eliminated for his growing greed. John has been homosexually involved with Tom, (another Anglo-Indian boy) whom he deserts by marrying Meena, but not before he rapes Tom’s young sister, Sally. Tom is less hurt by his sister being raped than by John’s cruel betrayal. Tom attempts to shoot John but misses through tear blurred vision. They reconcile later when John manoeuvres and gets Tom and his sister to live in one of the rooms in the large Rowal Mansion. John is dragged off by his wife to her mother’s farm for a few days. Tom and Sally are left behind. Ranjit (Meena’s father) notices Sally’s impish attractiveness and is strongly drawn to her. He offers her a job in his office and to get rid of Tom, offers him a job as Manager on his wife’s farm. When John returns he hears with incredulity Tom’s account of Ranjit’s enchantment with Sally. John doesn’t know how best to use this piece of information to his advantage. In the meanwhile, Meena arrives in a huff from her mother’s farm: John had, insolently, not thanked her mother for his stay on the farm. Meena addresses him rudely and John blows a fuse, “Piss off, bitch!.” He shouts at her. His demeanour is threatening and Meena is thoroughly cowed down. In one fell stroke John has attained ascendancy in the relationship and Meena feels an ominous foreboding. Ranjit propositions Sally; and offers her a house in the suburbs. Though Sally accepts, she does not accept his advances. And one fine day sells the house and decamps; only to surface later as a wealthy business woman, who beguiles and bewitches all. Meanwhile, Meena is rushed to the family maternity home where she gives birth to a baby girl. John is a picture of devotion to his daughter. Ranjit and John’s confrontation is becoming dangerous. John has learnt of Ranjit’s enchantment with Sally. Feelings are unsheathed; daggers shine in their eyes. The sharp blade of confrontation drips with blood. There can be no backing off –lines have been indelibly etched. Meena & her mother cower in terror.
Witches Tea Plantations And Lives Of Migrant Laborers In India
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Author : Soma Chaudhuri
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Witches Tea Plantations And Lives Of Migrant Laborers In India written by Soma Chaudhuri and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with Social Science categories.
Witches, Tea Plantations, and Lives of Migrant Laborers in India: Tempest in Teapot is a unique book that brings together a holistic theoretical approach on the subject of witchcraft accusations, specifically those taking place inside a tea workers' community in India. Using a combination of in-depth and extensive qualitative methods, and drawing on sociological, anthropological, and historical perspectives, Chaudhuri explores how adivasi (tribal) migrant workers use witchcraft accusations to deal with worker-management conflict. Chaudhuri argues that witchcraft accusations can be interpreted as a periodic reaction of the adivasi worker community against their oppression by the plantation management. The typical avenues of social protest are often unavailable to marginalized workers due to lack of organizational and political representation and resources. As a result, the dain (witch) becomes a scapegoat for the malice of the plantation economy. Within this discourse, witch hunts can be seen not as exotic and primitive rituals of a backward community, but rather as a powerful protest by a community against its oppressors. The book attempts to understand the complex network of relationships—ties of friendship, family, politics, and gender—that provide the necessary legitimacy for the witch hunt to take place. In most cases examined here, seemingly petty conflicts within the villagers often escalate to a hunt. At the height of the conflict, the exploitative relationship between the plantation management and the adivasi migrant workers often gets hidden. The book demonstrates how witchcraft accusations should be interpreted within this backdrop of labor-planters relationship, characterized by rigidity of power, patronage, and social distance. Witches, Tea Plantations, and Lives of Migrant Laborers in India should appeal to criminologists, sociologists, anthropologists, labor historians, gender scholars, labor migration scholars, witch hunt and witchcraft accusation global scholars, adivasi scholars, South Asian scholars, and anyone interested in India’s tribes, witchcraft accusations, gender in a global world, labor conflict, and Indian tea plantations.
To Sweeten Boredom
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-06-29
To Sweeten Boredom written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-29 with Fiction categories.
Eleven distinctive and enthralling short stories to lift and lighten you mood.Cleverly written and crafted with excellence.The stories are a joy to read
A Tryst With Destiny By Jeff Tikari
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Author : Jeff Tikari
language : en
Publisher: Jeff Tikari
Release Date : 2015-12-21
A Tryst With Destiny By Jeff Tikari written by Jeff Tikari and has been published by Jeff Tikari this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-21 with Fiction categories.
He would marry her he resolved. He would wait for her…she was about eight or nine now so he would wait until she finished her educationand then marry her, The wait would make him mature and stable – he was rich, now anyway. Perfect! Sameer studied the young girlas she flitted between guests: smiling, laughing, exulting in the attention she was receiving. He gazed at her slim arms, her dainty hands, her light smiling eyes, and her bountiful dark hair that cascaded down highlighting her fair skin. She was, in one word, lovely. Sameer’s parents had left him a substantial inheritance allowing him to live a leisurely life. He decided he would closely follow Tanya through puberty and into womanhood. If she satisfied the idol he had in his mind, he would marry her. No ‘Arranged Marriages’ for him – who would arrange it anyway?