I started my trip early in the morning

to visit a tea garden in Assam.

I reached the banks of the river Brahmaputra

and entered the tea estate, where I saw ponds,

hospital, grazing lands, temples, and farmlands.

This tea garden had everything for the people

living there as their home.

I could see huge bungalows within the tea estate

and as I walked around, I saw the plantation

and factories.

I was greeted with miles of lush plantations

and saw where the brightly coloured tea was grown.

When I was walking through the tea bushes,

I could see the rays of sun.

I noticed a group of women dressed in saris

with baskets on their heads.

They looked happy and walked confidently

with a smile.

I was amazed to see how the workers were

plucking tea with bamboo baskets on their back.

Though the atmosphere was humid and hot,

yet I loved the sights of the tea garden.

I was happy to see the landscape, which was covered

with tea plantation and the worker was plucking

light green color leaves from the top of the plant.

The tall trees provided the shade to the tea plants and

the workers, who usually started their work early morning

in the sun, continued their work till sunset with meals

and tea break.

I was also enjoying the scenery of tea garden

while travelling from Guwahati to Dibrugarh.

                                                              ~Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar

                                                                          New Delhi, India