Hot tea across India - Rishad Saam Mehta

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I picked up this book as I knew that I would surely relate to it. I love travelling, and to say that I am a tea- junkie would be an understatement!

An engineer with tremendous passion for travel, photography and writing, Rishad is blessed to be in a job that involves his passions! He takes us with him along his tours through the length and breadth of the country. His encounters with various colourful characters is enumerated, and you will break into a laugh at many occasions, that is for sure.

A traveller and raconteur by heart, Rishad paints the mind with vivid images, telling us the story crisply. Descriptions are apt and no words are wasted in tortuous turns. Rishad has the wonderful gift of finding the right metaphors for describing incidents. The common adage 'Thoda chaai paani' is also demystified in a hilarious incident involving him, his friend and a policeman on the edge! You will also learn about a few lesser - known places in the country. For an adventure junkie and a wanderer, this will be a wonderful read.

Pick up this book as a light read. You can definitely read it if you are into travelling, and would like to hone your writing skills by picking up a few tips from here. But do not expect a solid connect between tea and travels here. The travels and situations do not occur around this elixir of awesomeness. In fact, the relation is fragile and the tea- drinking is incidental.


*I do not own any of these images. All pictures courtesy their respective owners*