by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Situated on one extremity of the High Ranges, Panniar Estate also abutted the area which is known as the Cardamom Hills, the name being self explanatory , it being the prime cardamom growing region in Kerala. Likely on account of its physical location, Panniar had...
by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Prefaced with an advance apology to Mac. Have taken some literary licence. Absolutely no offence meant! In 1983, I had been transferred from Dhoedaam to Rajah Ali Estate, located not very far from the OIL establishment township of Duliajan. My posting to Rajah Ali...
by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
This one dates back to 1983 while I was on Dhoedaam Estate in the Doom Dooma district of Upper Assam as one of the four Garden Assistant Managers on that property. Regardless of and ignoring the the age difference and the huge disparity in our seniority levels, Himmat...
by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
While it is common knowledge that the situation has changed quite drastically from the time the company changed hands in the mid ’80s following which the company had gone through some majorly turbulent times, back in the day Malayalam Plantations was the most...
by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
While it was always a long haul from the estate to Delhi and beyond and vice versa, all through the 1980’s from the time we bought our first second hand car in Delhi till such time as we left Assam in 1990, we undertook this journey on quite a few occasions. Every...
by Indi Khanna | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Having taken up a job offer from Warren Teas, on my relocating from South India to Assam, my first posting was as the Field Assistant on Dhoedaam Estate located in Upper Assam. Dhoedaam is almost at the extreme north eastern tip of Assam, close to the point where...
