Faces of India – 327 Tea Vendor from Chayakada Kudayathoor

Meet a Tea Vendor from Chayakada Kudayathoor, Kerala.

Faces of India

a series through which I intend to portray the various characters of my country whom I met during my travels. I bring back souvenirs, frozen moments from my travels, why not some memories of people I have met and interacted during the travels. Faces of India is a weekly series in my blog since MARCH 2011. See more here…

Tea Vendor from Chayakada Kudayathoor

I was at her tea shop, which is called chayakada in Malayalam, couple of weeks back to have the famous ‘1 meter tea of Kerala’. She and her husband runs the tea stall. This was in Kudayathoor village of Idukki district in Kerala.

It was her husband who prepared the tea. But I can’t just take his picture without taking the lady’s you see. So first I chatted up with her a bit, that was not difficult because it was she who did most of the talking.

So you drove that new car? – she asked.
You take photographs too? – next question,
where are you from? – the next… and she went on
till I interrupted her with a request for picture,

Aiiyo… ende photo? Sheri… (my picture? Ok!) which she happily agreed.

Next I asked – Can I take your husband’s photo? Meet him here: Faces of India 328.