Chapter photos from Crocodile Love, my new travel memoir
byThese photographs from our trip through Pakistan, India, Ghana, The Gambia serve as the chapter openers to CROCODILE LOVE: Travel tales from an Extended Honeymoon.
Tea Time
Final Report: Malnutrition of Tea Workers
byWe have completed our report on the malnutrition of workers on six Indian tea gardens. This is the reason we came to West Bengal,…
Going Organic in Darjeeling
byI’d planned on being a plain old tourist in Darjeeling: Nothing to do but eat, drink, trek the Singalila, and visit the sites my…
A Fuller, Warmer Cup of Tea: Fair Trade 101
byOctober, I just learned, is Fair Trade Month, conveniently coinciding with my travels in Darjeeling and my discovery of a kinder, gentler side of…
Crumpets and Coal: Our First Proper Tea
byIn Paris, we stayed with a French-Moroccan couple who fed us mint tea (at midnight, after dinner) in traditional gold-inlaid glasses; sweet mint tea…
Outstanding Article about the Indian Tea Crisis
by“A Machete, A Uterus, and Indian Tea,†by Charles Norman Todd, is an excellent breakdown that explains why the workers are starving.
Tea Time 4: The Survey Continues
byThe final phase of fieldwork for our tea worker nutrition survey has been frustratingly slow. Our work has been hampered by access problems in…
Are Starving Photos Inappropriate?
byAfter yesterday’s post regarding starvation deaths, a creepy feeling gripped my shoulder, and I decided to ask this question out loud. Maybe some of…
Empty Cups
byThese photos were taken by Debasish yesterday, during his visit to a garden which has experienced more starvation deaths in the last two months…
Map: India’s Tea Belt, North Bengal, and Birpara
bySome will find a hint of the exotic exuding from the place-names and mountain ranges in this latest cartographic creation. Others will see the…