{"id":100300,"date":"2022-09-24T06:32:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=100300"},"modified":"2022-09-24T06:34:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:34:06","slug":"thoughts-on-planter-lifeways-in-ceylon-evoked-by-the-braine-biography-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/thoughts-on-planter-lifeways-in-ceylon-evoked-by-the-braine-biography-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Planter Lifeways in Ceylon evoked by the Braine Biography – By Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thoughts on Planter Lifeways in Ceylon evoked by the Braine Biography – By\u00a0 Michael Roberts<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Camellia sinensis<\/em>\u00a0is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees in the flowering plant family\u00a0Theaceae<\/em>. Its leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree.\u00a0Wikipedia.\u00a0<\/a>If allowed to grow freely can reach up to 6 ft or more. For commercial agronomic purposes they are maintained as a compact shrub at approximately 4 ft,\u00a0to increase productivity. And to suit the stature of female tea pickers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tea plants grow at the tea plantation in Trabzon, Turkey on June 27, 2022. (Photo by Resul Kaboglu\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ratnapura, Sri Lanka \u2013 April 23: R. Chitrakumari (left) and K. A. Punchimeneke pick tea leaves in a tea garden on April 23, 2022 in Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka. 2022<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOP = Broken Orange Pekoe, the very best grade of marketed tea. Flavour. Aroma, Colour. A very refreshing brew.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Even in 50s and 60s many young men, especially ruggerites,\u00a0from the Colombo\/Kandy Colleges\u00a0had dreams of upcountry\u00a0plum planting\u00a0jobs. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Little realizing it is a lonely life, in the cool, cold, wet central hills of Sri Lanka \u2026. from a social\u00a0perspective. The fairer gender dared not venture into clubs such as Dickoya, Dimbulla, Kelani Valley were the watering holes and sites of inter- club Rugby encounters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clandestine illicit liaisons did occur \u2026\u2026\u2026.. similar to the periods\u00a0before in<\/a>\u00a0the British colonial times. Then, in British Ceylon, expatriates, some or most black sheep (rebellious, rascals) from wealthy, elite, blue-blood British families were hidden\u00a0amongst the lush green tea plantations in the Colonies (in Ceylon, north India, Africa)<\/span><\/p>\n

I understand the Kanganies (Field Foremen) played a vital role in facilitating the secret liaisons, involving the \u2018Sinna Dorais\u2019 and at times the \u2018Periya Dorais\u2019 living in bungalows set amongst the tea gardens. Cooks, house boys, gardeners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, there was never a free lunch or dinner, as far the Kangany was concerned. He received unsolicited and handsome remunerations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sensual pleasures are a potent,\u00a0irresistible emotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

ALSO NOTE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n