By Abdul Hameed Dar
MUSINGS
Tea can make your sweeten your sweeten your relationship with others
God bless the soul, who first had a cup of tea. As tea is a beverage which is to be taken in sips, with lot of care and as you are having a a enlarge image beauty which is in front of your eyes catching your attention with its aroma, which sends signals to your mind and slowly you start falling in love with it. That is why you hold your hands and every time when you take a sip of tea, it comes on the fringe of your cup and your first kiss and it brushes your lips of course a dutiful beauty. If it is so romantic, so spotting, mind refreshing and takes you out of this world, then we have to behave and welcome this welcome drink. No doubt tea is as common as double standard in our character, but dear you need a big heart to do justice to it and take care of her sentiments, feelings, which we all do not mostly care for as we mostly all human beings are selfish and want to make best out of this beauty to exploit it for our benefits and personnel ends. And such is the magic she is having that from monarch to king, the queen the president of countries, the diplomats, field marshals, the generals and other ranks. The other shades of the society want to cash on its delicacy. That is why briefly like as magical wand of the magician they use it as, when it becomes to pure tea. Tea for diplomats, tea for politicians, tea for the head of the states, tea for generals, and army officers (all ranks), tea for office babus (clerks), and tea for all and tea on all occasions from birth to death. But how can I forget the cup of tea, I used to have from the hands of my late mother. May how soul rest in peace (Ameen) it used to come sizing / hot from the steaming Samovar. The traditional Kashmiri tea and the first service used to go to the head of the family, then to other members and then to the ladies / girls and last of all to the children of all age groups with a dot of (Sathu) stirred with a small wooden stirrer of tog or one more ounce of milk to toddlers and children as garnished with a dot of butter of fresh milk cream. The mother and grandmother ensuring that the tea the kids or children is at proper temperature served with local or a backed bread. But alas! Services are done to the 21st century children, by our Ayaas, domestic helpers; as we are too busy depriving of them of their warmth of our heart.
(The author is Ex. Deputy General Manager JKTDC, Srinagar and can be contacted at +91-95960061456)
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