Deepak Rikhye

Deepak Rikhye was born in 1956 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Chabua, in Assam. The view from the room where he was born was adjacent to a lush tea garden, Chubwa. Destiny, in its unique manner, had already intoned that mysterious music of an Invisible Piper. His education at Darjeeling’s St. Paul’s School and St. Joseph’s College exposed him to both British and Indian personalities, who influenced his progress. Deepak’s personal odyssey moved him along a career in the tea gardens, which spanned twenty-six years. It resulted in this narrative on the fascinating history of tea and life in thRead More...


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The Invisible Piper

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“The Invisible Piper transports the reader back in time to a reality centered around tea production in India. Rikhye richly portrays both the sweetness and challenges of his awe-inspiring days working on tea estates, while weaving in the ancient history of tea and the contemporary history of the tea industry. The result is a captivating narrative of how tea shaped our global economy and culture, told through the lens of the people behind the leaves.”

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