Women pluck tea leaves at a tea garden in Jorhat, Assam (Photo by Amlanjyoti Deb)
Getting it right – A tea-seller somewhere in Uttar Pradesh making sure the proportions of ginger to tea is perfect (Photo by Rahul Raman)
Work in progress – A tea seller prepares the next batch of chai at a small tapri in West Bengal (Photo by Dibakar Roy)
Better together – Pakodas and samosas complement chai the best. Specially, on a rainy evening (Photo by Rahul Raman)
The familiar smoke and vapor coming out of a roadside tapri induces warmth on a chilly morning (Photo by Rahul Raman)
A woman preparing chai and pakoda at a tapri on a National Highway. Women account for 50% of the total direct and indirect employment generated by tea in India (Photo by Rahul Raman)
Chai always tastes better in a clay tea glass, which is a familiar sight at chai tapris across rural India (Photo by Rahul Raman)
A tapri cum dhaba provides shelter to commuters on a rainy day in Latehar, Jharkhand (Photo by Rahul Raman)
