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MUHAMMED NOUSHAD reflects on his time at sea – and the quiet ache of missing tea, and the tea shops. Illustration by Annabel Fathima. Over the years, when you make multiple voyages, it’s highly likely that you develop a peculiar penchant for ships. They turn out to be something more than vehicles or modes of transportation. Every time I board
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MUHAMMED NOUSHAD drinks the ginger-lemon-honey tea prepared by Tibetan monks at Sera Jey Monastic University in Bylakuppe and reflects on the importance of The Way of Tea in Buddhist paths. The Yiga Choeling Cultural Center of Sera Jey Buddhist monastery has a small tea shop in front of it, a round-shaped hut that opens only in the evening. In the
» Read moreLooking at the rain and fog beyond the river Chaliyar, sipping tea at SAFI canteen is quite an experience, remembers MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. Photographs by HARIKRISHNA Apart from the beautiful people I met and befriended at SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, one of the loveliest memories I cherish about this campus is its canteen. A small, banal structure that overlooks the
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