I wanted to convey a word of appreciation to the author of When tea shops in Kerala brewed social networking (KT, May 4) for his reminisces of our typical chayakada (tea stall) in in Kerala.

That is why teashops have an irreplaceable position in the social, cultural and political map of Kerala ... staged against the same background of the Chamundivilasam Chayakada, run by Nanu ...