A TEA STALL AND ITS DIFFERENT USES

Tea stall, every village, every city has a tea stall. Whether it’s a hut or a shop, there is a tea stall in every part of our country. Different states have different types of tea stall and same is the case with prices. Talking about U.P, BIHAR and JHARKHAND, there people prefer tea in PYALA and the common rate is Rs. 3.  In these areas, tea stall opens early in the morning, sometimes even at 3 AM. Tea stalls near railway station or bus stand are open 24/7. In Punjab, New Delhi, tea comes in a glass of Rs.5 which is obviously a huge quantity for most of the people from east INDIA.

Now talking about the tea stall, it looks like a simple unorganized shop. People pay money, they buy a cup of tea and then move on but if you look at tea stalls from different point of view, it will look like an unorganized parliament, hub of information for police, meeting hall for many, many serious decisions about life are also taken on these tea stall.

So in this post I have mentioned different uses of tea stalls-

Unorganized Parliament- The relation of a cup of tea and politics is very strong. Newspaper, tea and politics are said to be the strongest bonds. If u haven’t heard or been in a political decision on a tea stall then you must be living in some other world. Early in the morning, people will be discussing on some agenda by looking at an article of a newspaper or they will be giving their own views.  I don’t know about the rest of the world but in India, people take politics as their own family issue. They will fight upon it, raise their voice and sometimes these types of discussions get violent also. But with a cup of tea and some rich political minds, these discussions goes on for many hours and the tea stall owner adds masala by subscribing to a newspaper, putting news channel on his small tv on the stall or by just turning on the radio.

Hub of information- You must have seen in most of the movies and serials that whenever the police, CBI need some information, they send their men to the tea stall owner. They will stand facing each other and will pretend like no one is noticing them, dude, he is a tea stall owner selling tea at the back of his table, you are good looking man in formals with a mustache and you are facing each other so no one will think you as gay couple, you must be talking something important and everyone knows this. The tea stall owner knows about everybody and he also knows what is happening in which gang. They are also known as “KHABRI”.

Decisions of life- If you are taking tea stalls easily then you are blindfolded my friend. Many people when get frustrated, want to meet someone, discuss something, take decision, then they call their friends or mentor at the tea stall. Even at such a crowded place, they feel very comfortable to talk about all the problems they are facing in life. The first sip of tea makes them forget everything and allow them to express their feeling in a much better way. I have seen many marriage decisions, carrier decisions, and investment decisions being taken on tea stall.

Sutta point- Yes most of the tea stall acts as a sutta point. Relation of tea and a sutta is also very strong. Most of the employees and students call these tea stalls as sutta point. When they lit the cigarette, smoke it and the take a sip of tea, it feels like heaven for them.  Most of them sell the cigarette under their table and have a banner “SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. TOBACCO AND CIGARETTE IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE SOLD ANYONE UNDER 18 YEAR” and just after that a kid in grubby banyan and half pant with tangled hairs will ask for a flake liberty and the tea stall owner will give it to him with a smile. It’s same like we pee at the places where it is written “YAHA PESAAB KARNA MANA HAI”.