Page 2 - LN4- MODULE-TEA FROM ASSAM

 Pranjol’s father is the manager of a tea garden in Upper Assam
 Pranjol has invited Rajvir to visit his home
 Rajvir and Pranjol on the way to Assam
 Tea gardens scene
 Beautiful scenery outside
 About legends behind tea:- Chinese legend and Indian legend
 Tea and China- The history of the names like ‘chai’ and ‘chini’
 Reaching the destination-Assam
 Dropping at Mariani junction
 Driving to Dhekibari Tea Estate
 Women with bamboo baskets were plucking the new leaves from them

summary

“Tea from Assam”, written by Arup Kumar Dutta is an informative story. The story revolves
around the tea garden of Assam.
Pranjol, a youngster from Assam, is Rajvir’s classmate in school in Delhi. Pranjol’s father is
the manager of a tea garden in Upper Assam and Pranjol has invited Rajvir to visit his home
during the summer vacation. Rajvir visits Assam in a train with Pranjol and he keeps taking
pleasures of the scenery. They arrive at Mariani junction and then at the tea garden of
Pranjol’s father.
Almost 8 crore cups of tea are drunk every day in the whole world.
About the origin of the tea it is said that a Buddhist monk while meditating felt sleepy. To
avoid it he cut his eye lids and threw them. Few saplings sprouted out of them. It is said they
were tea leaves that banished sleep after boiling and drinking it.
The other under current story lies like this that a king in China was in habit of drinking water
after boiling it. Few twigs fell into his boiling water. After drinking it, his sleep went off. They
called it tea. Tea was first drunk in China as far back as 2700 BC. Chai &chini words have
their origin in China.
Tea from Assam is supposed to be the best kind of tea in the whole world. The best yield
comes from May to July every year.

Tea from Assam : ANALYSIS

The story revolves around the infamous beverage ‘tea’ telling us more about its history and
discovery. It begins from the scene where two friends, Pranjol and Rajvir are set to go to
Assam, Pranjol’s hometown when a tea vendor asks them if they would like to have some
freshly made tea. They buy two cups joining almost every other person in their
compartment. From there, the journey begins and Pranjol starts reading his detective book
while Rajvir decides to enjoy the scenic beauty. There were soft green paddy fields followed
by tea bushes. Rajvir is very excited on seeing such large plantations of tea but Pranjol is
unable to match the same level because he was born and brought up in Assam, famously
known as the ‘Tea country’. Visiting there for the first time, Rajvir did a lot of study about
how tea was discovered and that it dates back to 2700 B.C. According to what he read, it
was first consumed in China and reached Europe in the 16th century, where it was mostly