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The Rusting Tea stall and The Indian Prime Minister! Damodardas Mulchand Modi, who came from Vadnagar, a small town in the Indian State of Gujarat, was the father of six . He used to run a tea stall located in the small railway station of Vadnagar with the help of one of his male for a living! There was nothing abnormal in doing so. The matter would have escaped everyone’s attention had there not been something newsworthy material in it! One can not expect such story to be newsworthy until unless it becomes known that this particular “Chai wallah” was none other then the father of the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and the who helped Mulchand to sale tea is also none other than the Prime Minister himself! The tea stall is still there rusting in the railway station of Vidnagar as it not being used now. Damodardas Mulchand Modi, the father of Narendra Modi has died in the year 1989. This small town and the tea stall of the railway station have since come into limelight when the Indian Government authorities decided to restore the tea stall and develop the station as a tourist spot. “Looking into the historic importance of the stall, we have decided to modernize it,” Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said as he announced a $15 million project to spruce up Modi’s roots in his hometown of Vadnagar. The work has already begun and it is expected that most of it will be over by the end of September next. The railway station needed some sort of face lift as it was in a very dilapidated condition. And what a wonderful face lift it is going to get! Before concluding, I may say that such tea stalls located in the railway stations in the Indian Sub Continent played a great role in making the people of this part of the world addicted to tea drinking !        |
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Two leaves and a bud !
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 and TEA!!!!Abracadabra 
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and TEA!!!!I thank you for your colorful post. I had the rare opportunities to take tea in such tea stalls located in small as well as big railway stations of the British India when I was a kid and I read the writings on those large and small bill boards displayed at the rail stations that made tea a popular drink almost overnight in this sub-continent!
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How interesting!! Isn't it awesome that a hard working child helping his Father sell tea can become Prime Minister of India!!
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Rocketship,hello, In India the example is not exemplary! There are many such political success stories in India. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your well thought post on here on the blog page of mine. Wishing you all the best!
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7/6/2017 6:57 am |
Important people sometimes come from humble origins. Trump's grandfather ran a brothel in Alaska.
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Important people sometimes come from humble origins. Trump's grandfather ran a brothel in Alaska. You are absolutely correct, Rentier! I did not know about Trump's grandfather. Thanks for stopping by and for the comments.I Best wishes!
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That is so nice that it's being restored, I can't wait for it to be finished! Hopefully you will share story and pictures when it's done. The tea I drink is from India, it's Tulsi ( Holy Basil ) green tea. Love it! There is a quote on the box which says: Discriminate between what gives you peace and what disturbs you. Whatever is better, follow that.
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That is so nice that it's being restored, I can't wait for it to be finished! Hopefully you will share story and pictures when it's done. The tea I drink is from India, it's Tulsi ( Holy Basil ) green tea. Love it! There is a quote on the box which says: Discriminate between what gives you peace and what disturbs you. Whatever is better, follow that. I agree with you one hundred percent, Nileyears. The restoration work will surely be completed by the end of the current year as the people responsible to do the job have the money to finish it within the allotted time. The entire town is getting a face lift to make it a historical tourist spot. Vadnagar's Buddhist excavation sites, a clock tower Sarmishta Lake and the railway station will be renovated to keep the tourist interest alive. The makeshift tea station on another platform will also get a painting too. I drink tea grown in my homeland, Bangladesh which was a part of the British India and Burma before August, 1947. By the by, thanks for letting me know the quote. I appreciate. Take care and stay cheerful always! "
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