From Colorado came Brook Eddy, tasted our spicy masala chais on sweltering streets, and fell in deep, lip-smacking love. Back home, none ecould satiate her thirst. So she made the stuff herself, started selling ‘Bhakti chai’ from the back of her car, and soon expanded into shops. Now, it’s a $7 million brand. This is Brook, sipping the good stuff in Jaipur, eyes fixed in concentration.
BJP National President Amit Shah listening to Prime Minster Narendra Modi's "Mann Ki Baat" (a radio programme) over tea, in Ahmedabad.
A worker serves 'Namo Chay' (tea) as BJP National President Amit Shah along with party leaders and workers listen to Prime Minster Narendra Modi's "Mann Ki Baat" (a radio programme) over tea, in Ahmedabad.
Boatmen hold a traditional Kashmiri teapot as they sit on their boats on a partially frozen Anchar Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar.
BJYM workers wearing masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi serve tea to the people lined up outside Banks and ATMs to get their old currency exchanged, in Bhopal.
Lions Club members distributing tea among people who are standing in a long queue outside ATM for withdrawal, in Patna.
Supporters of the global civic campaign group Avaaz wear masks representing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as they pose for the media to highlight the decisions Modi can make on climate change policy and financing ahead of the upcoming G20 summit and Paris climate talks, outside Buckingham Palace in London.
@ Wind & Waves, Lake View From left, clockwise: Dr Satinath Sarangi, 60, Bhopal Group for Information and Action; Ajay Dubey, 26, CEO, Sonika Engineering and Construction Ltd; K.S. Shaini; Anil Chawla, 57, Business lawyer; N.K. Tripathi, 65, Ex-DGP, Madhya Pradesh; Girija Shankar, 62, Journalist-author
@ Cafe Coffee Day, Gomti Nagar From left to right: Dr Krishna Gopal Dube, 62, Retd head, Aquatic Toxicology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR); Dr Uma Shankar Srivastava, 63, former principal scientist (biotechnology), IITR; Dr Arvind Mohan, 49, Professor of Economics, Lucknow University; Vinamra Agrawal, 37, Entrepreneur;
@ Lodi: The garden restaurant From 2nd left to right: Srinath Raghavan, 38, Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research; Gustavo de Aristegui, 52, Spanish ambassador; K.C. Singh, 66, Former diplomat; C. Raja Mohan, 62, Distinguished fellow, ORF; Nicola Smith, 40, Correspondent, The Sunday Times
@House of MG, Lal Darwaja From left Rajiv Shah, 62, Senior journalist, former political editor of the Times of India, based in Ahmedabad; Ghanshyam Shah, 75, Social scientist and commentator; Sukhdev Patel, 57, Rights activist and Gujarat chief of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP); Vishnu Pandya, 67, Academic, historian and right-wing ideologue; Shridhar Narayan, (not in pic), a professional, also participated.
@Pizza by the Bay, Marine Drive From left to right: Sonal Jain, 25, engineer going abroad for studies; Pankaj Joshi, 42, director, Urban Design Research Institute; Dolphy D’souza, 58, social activist; Manjeet Kripalani, 55, heads a foreign policy research organisation; Nimish Asher, 40, financial advisor; Ashutosh Abhyankar, 49, director, Matoshree Constructions; DR Ashok Dhawle 61, CPI(M) central committee member; Nandini Sardesai, 70, sociologist and member, CBFC
@Bubble Cafe, Marine Drive From left to right: P. Rajeev, 47, ex-RS MP and CPI(M) dist secretary; Fr Paul Thelakat, 65, syro-Malabar Catholic church spokesperson; Minu Ittyipe; Sandya Vasu, 29, HR manager (with son Thejwal Shaji); K. Nandini, 50, social activist and lawyer; C.J. Mathew, late 40s, civil servant; Joseph Xavier, 62, Kerala Fishing Boat Assn president
@ Rashbehari Avenue, South Calcutta Sitting, from left to right: Kaushik Sen, 46, thespian; Anuradha Sengupta, 46, journalist; Ranjita Sinha, 36, head of a transgenders association; Afsar Ahmed, 28, carpenter; Shubhrajit Maity, 24, Jadavpur University student; Sanjay Raj, 43, business executive; Phonibhushan Nandi, 73, the stall owner, is pouring tea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pours tea for US President Barack Obama during their talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani sips tea in a saucer at a tea stall in Amritsar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, drinks a bowl of tea as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, looks on during a tea ceremony at a tea hut of the Omotesenke, one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, in Tokyo.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, eat tea cakes during a tea ceremony at a tea hut of the Omotesenke, one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, in Tokyo.
Vendors distribute tea during a protest against Mani Shankar Aiyar for his remarks against party PM candidate Narendra Modi, in Bengaluru.
A road side tea stall open during the first day of the nation-wide strike called by trade Unions, in Kolkata.
A man warms his hands over a stove at a roadside tea stall on a cold winter morning in Kolkata.
A gallery keeper pours tea on the floor to clean paint stains after a ceremony to open art exhibition for children who suffer from mental illnesses at 798 Art District in Beijing.
In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, a chai wallah waits for customers in his small shop in the Spice Market in New Delhi while Starbucks is set to open its first outlet in India by October end.
