Mumbai Magic with Harish - Reshma Majithia

The rains bring in happiness and enchantment.
The whiff of rain soaked soil is so alluring and all you want to do is savour
every minute of the season. Amidst the hurly-burly of Mumbai city stands Tardeo Chaiwala.
A young man of 20, with a puckish beam; he (Harish) is very content being a chaiwala in Mumbai, the city of dreams.
Harish along with his dad (Kanhaiya) has been in this business for the past 10 years. His day begins at 7.00 am every morning.
Passers-by, idlers, busy employees taking a break, watchmen and people from all walks of life become a
part of his tea stall and that tea stall, a part of their daily life.

Harish started working with his father at the age of 10. He went to a Municipal school,
won many awards and accolades at school for singing as he loved to sing and wanted to become a singer;
but fate had other plans for him. He had to relinquish his academic career to provide for his impecunious family for he has
two other siblings. His father could not afford to pay for his education and was rather tight-fisted.

Come monsoons and you find yourself hankering for a hot chalice of tea.
During the rainy season Harish’s chai stall is swamped with customers. He works sedulously
and still has that smirk on his face.

People congregate and sop up the happiness he exudes more than the tea that he
relentlessly keeps brewing. People love him for his blithe spirit. Harish serves you one cutting chai and one full glass of cheer.

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