People gather to drink tea in the cemetery
Ahmedabad: There is a crowd at the tea shop. Whether the tea shop is small or big, people gather. Big things happen with tea for just 10 rupees. The news of the country and the world is heard at the tea shop sooner than newspapers and TV. Perhaps that’s why it is said- ‘Where would a conversation be made without tea?’ By the way, tea is special, but when the cemetery is associated with it, there will be discussion. You are probably getting confused after hearing such things, so let me tell you. Actually we are talking about Ahmedabad of Gujarat. There is a crowd here to drink the tea that is made in a Muslim cemetery. Especially since it is run by a Muslim and only sells vegetarian food. Its specialty is also that there is also a painting of famous painter Maqbool Fida Hussain.
paintings are taken down every night
People of all religions, working people and students come to sip tea at ‘Lucky Tea Stall’ located in a Muslim dominated area. Here you will see the thinking of different sects blurred. Sagar Bhatt, a resident of Dariyapur, goes to the temple every morning and while returning from there stops here to drink tea. On one wall of the shop hangs a painting by MF Hussain, on which is written the first kalma with a picture of the desert and camels. The owner of the shop, Abdul Razak Mansoori, proudly claims that this is the only tea shop that has Hussain’s painting. This painting by Hussain, one of India’s most expensive painters, is taken down every night and kept safe.
The shop is six decades old
According to Mansuri, this six-decade-old shop in a Muslim-majority area is a food and drink haven for every common man. This shop in Jamalpur-Kharia of old Ahmedabad is in a very quiet place, away from the ear-piercing noise of the Gujarat assembly election campaign. However, there is also a discussion of elections here. Bhatt says that economic issues affecting business are more important than religious sentiments in this election.