A Tea Stall
A tea stall is a familiar sight in Bangladesh. It is a favourite haunt for all kinds of people. It is found in towns as well as village markets and the different points of roads. In town it is usually situated by the side of narrow streets on footpaths of roads.
The appearance of the stall has something in common. The shopkeeper sits at a table or on a chouki. Around him there are shelves in which there are jars of biscuits, chanachur, buns, or other snacks. In front of the shop, bunches of banana are kept hanging on pieces of strings. A 'boy' prepares tea on an oven which has either coal or twigs as fuel. The kettle is always on the oven and water boils in it. Cups are kept on a table nearby and a small pot of water for washing the cups and saucers. There are benches inside the shop and some benches are also outside it. Customers sit on the benches and order tea and sometimes some tea things like biscuits, chanachur, banana and buns.
Almost all kinds of people are found at a tea stall. A tired rickshaw puller gets off his paddling seats and has a quick cup of tea. Even educated people or rich people who are in a hurry for some business and have no time to look for better place for tea are sometimes found in a tea stall. Sometimes gossip-mongers haunt the place, engage themselves in gossips. The tea stall remains busy from early morning till late night.
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