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Are You Looking For Work Now? The Holiday Season Can Be A Dark Place To Be Without A Job

How many times have you tried looking for work or applying for a job but found yourself unemployed because companies are now winding down for the holiday season?

If you are unemployed, then the holiday season can be a dark place to be. You could be balancing your cash flow, expenses, family commitments, and Christmas gift buying.

It's generally known that hiring managers in most industries will start winding down recruitment and hiring tasks from November onwards until January or February when these tasks start to pick up again.

Here are some actions you can take.

Be flexible

The holiday season can be a great reason to reach out to friends and acquaintances. You can reconnect with people who you may have fallen out of contact with.

Networking is a great way to seek out those jobs that are not advertised. Whilst some industries will definitely wind down for Christmas, there will be others that will require more staff. Seek them out.

If you do get a call, be prepared to be interviewed at unusual times. Be flexible to the recruiter's or hiring manager's busy holiday schedule.

Philanthropic organizations are active during the holiday period. Volunteering in these organizations can be a great way for you to network, gain additional skills and fill the gap that unemployment might otherwise leave on your resume.

As you would expect, people want to take time off during the holiday season. Employers may be actively looking for casual or temporary staff to fill these gaps left vacated by employees going on holidays. A casual, temporary or part-time job can be a great way to get your foot into the job market. It's also a great way to manage your cash flow and earn some money.

Keep an eye out for a variety of part-time and temporary jobs available in retail and hospitality. The retail work includes sales, customer service, merchandising, stocking, and gift-wrapping. In hospitality, hotels, restaurants, and caterers need additional staff to run and manage their year-end events and parties.

Finding creative ways to make money

There are many more jobs you can do during the holiday season, to tie you over until the recruitment season starts off again.

Let's talk about some examples of how you can earn some money.

My friend Joe has been unemployed for several weeks after leaving his sales job due to an organizational restructure.

What I like about him is his positive attitude to life.

When I asked him what he was doing, he said; "I am Uber driving now to maintain my immediate cash flow. It's only a transition period for me until something else comes up."

Acknowledging that he's in a transition period takes courage, strength and a belief in his capability.

Interestingly Uber driving has been a popular method for many people including some of my friends to earn some money if they have a car that meets Uber's requirements.

As a family man, Joe is motivated because he has bills to pay.

The main problem for Joe was that his car wasn't fuel efficient. His profit margin wasn't that great after paying for fuel and commissions.

He has to find ways to increase his profit margin so that he can take home more cash.

I suggested for him to look into a private transporter and local courier arrangements where he deals directly with his clients. By doing so, his profit margins may be higher with the added benefit of a regular income stream.

There's no shortage of time-poor or busy parents who are willing to pay someone to drop off or pick up their school-age children from their homes. Joe could consider becoming a private transporter for school-age children, in addition to his Uber driving.

However, he needs to think about the long-term commitment especially when he finds his next permanent employment or job.

In between school drop off and pick up times, in addition to Uber driving, he could also consider transporting older or people who do not have cars to do their shopping or going for their appointments (e.g., medical, social, etc.).

With a regular pool of clients, he can build up his cash flow over time, whilst looking for a permanent job.

I also suggested that he considers becoming a local courier service provider to lawyers, accountants, shops, etc. operating in the community. This is where he could link up directly with these businesses to deliver same day delivery documents, parcels, and goods for customers.

In fact, Joe got a call from one of his business acquaintance about his availability to do an urgent delivery of a carpet to a customer.

Alternatively, he could also become a driver for courier marketplaces (platform) like Roadie or Zoom2U that connects customers and freelance courier drivers, similar to Uber connecting passengers and drivers.

Not forgetting UberEATS, my friend could also consider becoming a driver for this marketplace. UberEATS is another way to get food to people by freelance drivers similar to Domino's Pizza delivery.

Unexpected things do happen

Whilst writing this article, I got this text message from another friend; "I saw your article yesterday regarding internet business. I just had my spine surgery couple of weeks ago now bed rest for a couple of months, so I am off work, so I was wondering regarding your article for internet business can you please let me know."

We all have health challenges like my friend who sent me this text message. He cannot work for two months and he has to take unpaid leave during this recovery period. Like Joe, this friend is desperately looking for something he could do to earn money at home whilst he is recovering from surgery. He's thinking about e-commerce. I suggested for him to look into being an internet marketer because of his circumstances and it's only for a short-term during the holiday period.

An internet marketer sells other people's products and services and makes a commission on each sale. He can sell products on Amazon or eBay.

There are so many YouTube videos to show him the how-to's of internet marketing, how to sell on Amazon and eBay and how to market the products. With technology, there are no shortage of resources to help anyone with starting their online business or how to make money with a computer and internet connection.

The bottom-line

There's no shortage of money making ideas when there's a desire to succeed. It requires thinking outside the box, a different mindset. It requires flexibility and a strong why, or a strong reason to make money in addition to a normal job.

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Story in Milan - To Give or Not to Give

By Cessy Meacham

As much as I am passionate about roaming in airports and cruise ports and train stations, enjoying and wondering of the dynamics of the travelers there are a few things that for sure can take you out of your comfort zone

For me is seeing or being approach by beggars,

Although I love traveling alone, mostly for my last minute changes, today I felt a little vulnerable being alone and the target, in the Central Mil�n train station, this lady was probably 55 or 60 perhaps not Italian, I was seating in front of Juice Bar restaurant eating a delicious and warm sandwich, after 2 bites, this lady approached begging for a piece of bread, to me and to the other group of people eating right beside me. she would not move and kept asking for a piece of bread, she kept saying "a piece of bread please, please " needless to say I couldn't swallow any more bites, Also due to the fact that her finger pointing my sandwich was about 1 cm away from it, I decided to offer her the bread, so I lifted my 4" long sandwich and offered to her, she looked at it, and to my surprise she doesn't accept it and say:: is that fish?

I go no, just take it, is not fish.

She put her fingers on it and would not take the bloody sandwich!!

The girl next tAble starts to talk to her, in despite all her friends told her not to,

So this kind lady tells her, there is no fish sandwich, beggar insisted, yes yes fish sandwich. Kind lady grab her purse, stand up and say "I will buy you the sandwich" and then the moment of truth, the beggar said, no no I'll buy it, give one euro please please!

By then I have already left the sandwich. Grab my bags and Star walking away.

I felt deceived, angry, aggravated and what is worse hungry!

How can we read through the people that reach out for help?

How do we know if they are really hungry?

Aren't we supposed to help the needy?

My journey at the station did not finished there, but I manage to continue my train journey back to my next hotel.

I totally believe that we must work to earn every euro/dollar, I gladly help someone selling flowers or water because at least they are making the effort instead of just extending a hand. And the truth is that I swear every dime I earn.

I know this is not a singular story perhaps happens to you all the time, but I can't stop wondering How should I react next time?

Situations like this are the reason most people just ignored them?

What would you do?

Article Source: Story in Milan - To Give or Not to Give

From Burning Trees To a Lighthouse

By Katy Beacher

The Columbia drains a watershed area of about 259.000 square miles. The force of this great river meets the Pacific Ocean's massive mix of shifting channels, violent seas and high winds making for extremely dangerous navigation. Also, despite its wide mouth, mariners, historically, were often unable to find it.

About 1812 a beacon was erected on top of the 700 foot cape by Hudson's Bay Company Employees in order to assist the Beaver (the company ship) in finding the entrance to the Columbia River. They raised a flag and set trees on fire as a makeshift lighthouse.

As time went on the traffic on the northwest coast increased and the U. S. Coast Survey recommended the building of lighthouses at Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia River and Cape Flattery at the entrance to Puget Sound. This was about 1850.

The commander of the U. S. Surveying Schooner Ewing spoke out about the urgency of a light at the mouth of the Columbia River saying, "The greatly increasing commerce of Oregon demands that these improvements be made immediately... Within the last eighteen months more vessels have crossed the Columbia river bar than had crossed it, perhaps, in all time past"

Coast Survey Sub-Assistant A. M. Harrison, on November 29 1850, stated that the lighthouse should be located near the southern edge of Cape disappointment. This spot was about 250 feet above the high water mark and in position to avoid the fog bank that frequently covered its peak. This location was chosen because it had three-fourths horizontal view and they would not have to cut down some giant pine trees to the north.

It was decided that supplies for building the lighthouse be brought ashore at Baker's Bay which is about 1,000 yards south and below the construction site. A trail already existed from the landing to the top of Cape Disappointment but a new road needed to be constructed in order to transport the supplies to the top.

In 1853 a load of supplies for the lighthouse construction was being shipped into Baker's Bay. It grounded and broke up in the rough bar at the foot of Cape Disappointment. Building was finally begun after a second ship carrying supplies arrived in 1854. The 53 foot tower was finished along with the keeper's house which was a few minutes walk away.

It was two more years before the lighthouse was ready and operational. The cost of construction was $38,500. The wicks which illuminated the lens were lit for the first time by the keeper on October 15, 1856. A fixed white light was displayed providing enough light for mariners. But the fixed light while voiding the need for the keeper to make frequent trips up to the top to wind the mechanism he still had to carry 170 gallons of oil daily up to the lantern room.

A fog bell weighing 1,600 pounds was installed so as to give hearable warning as fog was a frequent visitor to the Columbia River mouth. In foggy weather when mariners could not see the light they could hear the bell. It would strike nine consecutive times every minute.

Fort Canby was built nearby during the Civil War. In 1871 during artillery practice the fog bell was shattered. Seafarers complained that they could not hear the replacement bell. Another problem was that ships coming from the north couldn't see the Cape Disappointment light. To support their arguments for a better light they cited the wrecks of the Whistler (1883) and the Grace Roberts (1887).

In 1892 a floating lighthouse was established at the mouth of the Columbia River four miles southwest of Cape Disappointment It remained there until 1909 when it was replaced by a 120 foot sail-powered ship which stayed for 30 years.

In 1898 the 65-foot North Head Lighthouse was built about two miles north of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.

Today in 2018 the two lighthouses are still operating. While the waters at the mouth of the Columbia River remain among the most treacherous in the world those two lights have made the navigation much safer than it otherwise would have been.

Katy Beacher is a retired registered nurse caring for an ailing spouse. She decided its more fun to run a web site and write articles than it is to sit and knit. She relies on her lifetime experience in home decorating on a budget and study of trends to operate her site. She loves animals and is interested nature and in marine life. Http://www.endlesscoastaldecor.com

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Travel Planning? Currency Exchange? Here's How Not to Get Ripped Off

By Norm Huffnagle

If you are planning on doing some International travel, you'll be faced with converting dollars to the local currency. I'm going to show you some traps and pitfalls you may encounter, and then I'll give you a few helpful tips that could make your travel go very smoothly.

When I first started traveling, it was always a hassle to go to my bank a month or so before departure and get a bundle of cash converted to my destination's local currency. The alternative was to convert a few hundred dollars at the airport "Foreign Exchange" booths. I came to find out that it was not only dangerous to carry large blocks of cash, it was also unnecessary.

Along the way I discovered that Las Vegas didn't have a lock on "One-Armed Bandits"!

Scam Artists

I can not emphasize too much that the world out there is ready, willing, and able to scam you ferociously. Money scams abound. Some are right there in plain sight.

Let's talk first about the "uncommon scams".

You're traveling through, say, a park near the Louvre in Paris, when someone comes up to you with a sob story in broken English and a bundle of local cash. He/she needs dollars for 'something' and he/she's willing to give you a fantastic exchange rate to get it. You bite. Money changes hands. They leave. You open the bundle and Surprise!!! It's a stack of newsprint with a real bill on the top and bottom.

GOTCHA!

Bank-O-Mat

The second 'legitimate scam' is waiting on the corner for you: it's a stand-alone ATM machine. It might even say "Friendly Bank-O-Mat". Believe me, friends, it's anything but. The hidden fees that little darlin' will extract will make Bonnie and Clyde proud! Don't do it!!!

Currency Exchange

The third, which is more of a rip-off than a scam, in my book, is the "Foreign Currency Exchanges" places. They're legitimate businesses, but since they are businesses, the have to charge a fee for their services. Even though they say "No commission," They are still pulling money from your pocket.

Bank ATM

My suggestion? Go to a bank ATM. It will cost you about 3% to take money from the bank ATM. The good news is that the ATM operates at the current official exchange rate, and since it's a bank, its fees are regulated. Check with your home bank to find out which banking symbol to look for. In my case, my bank is a member of Interbank, so I use ATMs that display the Interbank symbol. I know the fees are fixed, fair, and the exchange rate is the best I can get.

How to Find Banks

Before I travel, I use Google Maps to look at my destination city. I locate my hotel, and then I use Google's "Bank" filter to locate and make a list of all banks close to my hotel. On the day I arrive, I ask the desk clerk where the nearest bank is. If it matches one my list, we're off to the bank!

Other Considerations

I have found that no matter where I travel, I can always buy a taxi ride from the airport to my hotel with dollars. So I carry a minimal amount of dollars. (I'll need a few dollars when we get back to the States to pay for taxis and other transportation).

Norm Huffnagle enjoys traveling almost as much as he enjoys writing about traveling. From Beijing to Lisbon, Norm and his family are always looking for new adventures, new sights, new experiences, new restaurants! Along the way, they have discovered methods and techniques that have made their trips more enjoyable and almost hassle-free. This article on "Money Exchanges" is one of them. An excellent resource for the first-time international traveler is by an author that Norm recommends: Penelope Middleton. Her book, "Survival Guide for the First-Time Traveler: A Reference for the Rest of Us", is available on Amazon at http://amzn.com/B018F0WWN4

Article Source: Travel Planning? Currency Exchange? Here's How Not to Get Ripped Off

Mikhail Gorbachev

By Martin Hahn

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev came into this world on March Second 1931 in the southern Russian province of Stravropol Krai. Born to peasant farmers, he started to be active in the Communist Party and also learned law at the Moscow State Faculty. While at faculty he met and also married Raisa Titarenko. One child, Irina was had by the couple.

Early political life

Gorbachev returned to Stavropol after graduation and also worked as a regional Communist Party official. Gorbachev studied for a 2nd degree in agriculture and then started to rise throughout the ranks of the provincial Communist Party.

Climbing the ranks

Having created a name for himself to be a regional modernizer and reformer, in 1978 he was summoned to Moscow and appointed to the farming main committee. Under the advice of senior Communist Party officials Gorbachev was quickly promoted to the Soviet Union's executive committee, the Politburo.

Becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Union

By the 1980s the Soviet economic climate was in radical need of change. In 1985, after 3 elderly leaders died in fast succession, Gorbachev, a protege of former Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, was appointed General Secretary as well as top leader of the Soviet Union. At fifty four he was among probably the youngest executives and also was viewed as the brand-new broom which could clear up the decrepit Soviet system.

Perestroika and Glasnost

Gorbachev hinged the efforts of his to revitalize the Soviet Union on two plans: glasnost (meaning openness) and also perestroika (meaning restructuring). By relaxing bureaucracy as well as censorship Gorbachev wished to change the Stalinist Soviet program into a far more contemporary modern democracy. While glasnost was commonly celebrated, the attempts of his to restructure the Soviet economy mostly floundered.

Nuclear summits

Gorbachev saw that huge sums of cash were being poured into the army to match the US. Desperate to regain this cash, a warmer connection with the West was fostered by Gorbachev. In a number of high profile summits Gorbachev met President Reagan and the two men made crucial nuclear disarmament agreements. The thaw in relations efficiently signaled the conclusion of the Cold War.

The rise of nationalism

Inspired by glasnost, and comforted by Gorbachev's refusal to use military power, a few Warsaw Pact nations as well as Soviet republics declared the intentions of theirs to distance themselves from Communist rule. By the conclusion his tenure the Berlin Wall was pulled down and large republics like Ukraine, Lithuania and Belorussia had declared their independence.

The August Coup

In 1991 reactionary hard liners in the Communist Party, fearing the collapse of the Soviet Union, attempted to get rid of Gorbachev. Imprisoned in his dacha vacation house in the Crimea Gorbachev listened on the air since the army attempted to grab control of the Russian parliament. Thwarted by the endeavors of Russian President Boris Yeltsin and also mass protests the coup failed. Gorbachev returned to Moscow but quickly realised the balance of popular support and power had shifted to Yeltsin.

The conclusion of the Soviet Union

After the unsuccessful coup Yeltsin struck two hits which properly ended the Soviet Union. For starters, as President of the Russian federation, he banned almost all Communist Party activity on Russian soil. Secondly, together with the presidents of Belorussia and Ukraine, signed a treaty to make a brand new commonwealth of republics. Without these crucial nations the Soviet Union was defunct. Gorbachev recognized the unavoidable and resigned.

Retirement

After developing several new parties and failing to gain support, Gorbachev's political career was over. In retirement he established the Gorbachev Foundation - a think tank in charge of exploring Russian political policies.

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Leonid Brezhnev

By Martin Hahn

Having been a land surveyor in the 1920s, Brezhnev turned into a full part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1931 and studied at the metallurgical institute in Kamenskoye (now Dniprodzerzhynsk). After graduating (1935), he functioned as an engineer and also director of a technical college and also held a wide variety of local party posts; his career flourished under Joseph Stalin's rule, and also by 1939 he'd become secretary of the local party committee of Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk). During World War II Brezhnev served as a political commissar in the Red Army, improving in rank until he turned into a major general (1943) as well as head of the political commissars on the Ukrainian front.

After the war he once again held posts as chief of several local party committees in Ukraine. In 1950 he was sent to Moldavia as first secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party with the job of sovietizing the Romanian public of which recently conquered territory. In 1952 he advanced to be a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU and also a candidate member of the Politburo.

When Stalin died (March 1953), Brezhnev had to drop his post in the Central Committee and also in the Politburo and had to acceprt the role of deputy head of the political department of the Ministry of Defense with the rank of lieutenant general. But in 1954 Nikita Khrushchev, who had achieved total control in Moscow, made Brezhnev secretary of the Kazakhstan Communist Party (1954), in which he vigorously implemented Khrushchev's driven Virgin as well as Idle Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan. Brezhnev was quickly promoted to very first secretary of the Kazakhstan Communist Party (1955), and also in 1956 he was reelected to the posts of the CPSU Central Committee and also in the Politburo. A season later, after he'd loyally worked against the anti-party team which attempted to eliminate Khrushchev, Brezhnev was made a full member of the Politburo, and also in 1960 he became chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet - i.e., the titular top of the Soviet state. In July 1964 he resigned the blog post to be Khrushchev's assistant as next secretary of the Central Committee, by that point he was regarded as Khrushchev's heir apparent as party leader. Three weeks later, nonetheless, Brezhnev really helped direct the coalition that forced Khrushchev from strength, and, in the division of spoils that followed, Brezhnev started to be first secretary (after 1966, general secretary) of the CPSU (October fifteen, 1964). Following a brief time of collective leadership with Premier Aleksey Kosygin, Brezhnev emerged clearly as the dominant figure.

As top of the party, Brezhnev left many affairs of state - e.g., diplomatic relations with non-communist states and domestic economic development - to his co-workers Nikolay and Kosygin V. Podgorny, chairman of the Presidium. Brezhnev concentrated on military and foreign affairs. When Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubek attempted to liberalize the communist system in his country in 1967/68, the principle was created by Brezhnev, widely known in the West as the Brezhnev Doctrine, that asserted the right of Soviet intervention in situations where essential common interests of various other socialist nations are compromised by one of their number. This doctrine was used as the rationale for the intrusion of Czechoslovakia near the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact friends in 1968.

During the 1970s Brezhnev attempted to normalize relations between West Germany and also the Warsaw Pact and also to ease tensions with the United States throughout the policy referred to as detente. Under his leadership, the Soviet Union's military industrial complex was greatly expanded and modernized. Under the leadership of his, the Soviets attained parity together with the United States in strategic nuclear weapons, and their space plan overtook the American one. A huge navy was equipped out and the army stayed the largest on the planet. The Soviet Union supported wars of national liberation in developing nations through the provision of military help to left wing movements and governments.

But Brezhnev's unceasing build up of the defense of his and aerospace industries left some other sectors of the economic system increasingly deprived of money. Health-care services, consumer-goods industries, and soviet agriculture declined throughout the 1970s and early' 80s as a consequence, resulting in shortages and decreasing requirements of existing.

In 1976 Brezhnev was made marshal of the Soviet Union, therefore becoming the one other party leader after Stalin to support the greatest military rank. The method of collective leadership concluded with the dismissal of Podgorny as chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in May 1977 and Brezhnev's election to that particular position the next month. He therefore became the very first person in Soviet record to hold both the leadership of the party and the state. In 1979 Brezhnev reached agreement with U.S. President Jimmy Carter on a brand new bilateral strategic arms limitation treaty (SALT II), although the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty, as well as shortly after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan (December 1979) in an attempt to prop up a faltering communist regime there. Brezhnev's government even helped General Wojciech Jaruzelski's suppression of Poland's Solidarity union in December 1981. The efforts of his to neutralize inner dissent within the Soviet Union itself had been similarly determined.

Brezhnev held on to the hold of his on power to the conclusion despite his frail healthiness and increasing feebleness. He gave the Soviet Union a formidable military industrial foundation capable of providing big amounts of the most contemporary weapons, but in so doing he impoverished the majority of the Soviet economic climate. After the death of his, he was criticized for a gradual slide in existing requirements, the spread of cronyism and corruption inside the Soviet bureaucracy, as well as the typically stagnant & dispiriting character of Soviet life in the late 1970s and early' 80s.

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Live Story on Pakistani Tea in 2018 - Saavi Ka Chai Kahwa

By Ramani Swarna

I simply looked at Shri Dr.N.K.Bahl and did not utter a single word-the moment he mentioned about Kahwa in Pakistan. I immediately counter-questioned him, "Kahwa in Pakistan?". He nodded and stared at me as though I doubted his knowledge about teas. As usual, I asked him to share his memories about it (he was narrating his experiences about the travel from Rawalpindi to India during the partition times). I love to know more about the partition and displacement memories from various individuals.

I noted down them and learnt a lot about different topics. According to him, Pakistani Kahwa tea is called SAAVI KA CHAI( which means Tea prepared from Saavi leaves-special kind of tea leaves). These leaves were not available in any of the grocery or retail stores. I even tried at the whole sale markets of Khari Baoli, Chandni Chowk(an area situated at Old Delhi). Dr.Bahl promised to get me the tea leaves.

Later on, he explained the process of brewing the tea leaves. According to him, it was called "The Hot and Wet Preparation Of Tea". I was curious to know more about it. He narrated that his mother used to prepare for the entire family (he belonged to the joint family). The tea possesses some medicinal values and given to the entire family without any kind of restrictions. It seems that it is a unique kind of tea. The small children and senior members of the family consumed it regularly in the severe cold of the winter. It helped in fighting against the cold and keep warm in the cold season. Secondly, the consumption of it saved one from bronchial infections and allergies. Thirdly, it has the medicinal values to prevent mucus formation and dry coughs. Lastly, it remains to be the best beverage in their family.

He continued his story and added," My mother prepared the best tea and each one of the family member requested her to make the tea whenever there was an occasion or family gatherings in the evening hours of a day. She used to spend atleast 15 minutes to brew the leaves and get the final end product of the beverage. She used to take two spoons of teas leaves in a container. In another bowl; she added two cups of water and allowed the water to boil for few minutes.. The moment the water boiled in the bowl, she added the tea leaves and allowed to them to brew for some more time. After allowing the water and tea leaves to give the desired flavor and color of dark brown, she used to add some water to it. Allow it to brew for some more time. Now finally she added one more cup of cold water and brew for another 5 minutes or so. This was called the HOT and WET preparation of tea. As the tea was being brewed again and again; she added the powdered small green and black cardamoms to the tea. This was used to enhance the flavor of the cardamoms in it. No milk was added into it. It was the green tea called Kahwa. This was special tea prepared in the Rawalpindi regions of Pakistan."

After two weeks, I received the call from Dr.Bahl. He shared the information that he got the tea leaves for me from Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh. To my astonishment, I discovered that Saavi tea leaves were available only in few places of India. Nevertheless, I prepared the tea in the same manner as instructed by Dr.Bahl. Since I like green tea and give importance to the traditional preparations, I admired the tea color and stared at it for a long time.

Tea... partition times... memories of the family moving from Rawalpindi to Dehradun and sharing the information with me... all was rolled together for this cup of tea for me. Before I could sip it, I thanked to myself and felt lucky to drink Kahwa prepared from Pakistani Tea leaves called Saavi. Hail to all members of the Bahl family. This is the living story of SAAVI KI CHAI.

This is the story of tea which was present in Hindustan before partition. In September 1946, it travelled from Rawalpindi to Amritsar. Soon it was rooted in the REFUGEES COLONY in Dehradun. Now one may find the tea store in Dehradun selling the SAAVI tea leaves. I wonder how tea leaves are reaching to Dehradun from Pakistan. Nevertheless individuals like Dr.Bahl and his family members relish the tea and attached to it are the memories of their leisure and gatherings in the courtyard of their homes in Pakistan. Lost are the individuals... lost are their homes and businesses... lost is their land and property... yet one thing still remains in their memories and it is SAAVI KI CHAI.

Now I am also part of it and prepare it for myself and my guests with the share of the story of Saavi Ki Chai-GREEN TEA OF PAKISTAN.

Article Source: Live Story on Pakistani Tea in 2018 - Saavi Ka Chai Kahwa