: Rajkot’s Favourite Chaiwali Quit Her Job to Start a ‘Secret Thela’; Earns Rs 45000/Month #IndiaNEWS #Gujarat For Rajkot-based Nisha Hussain (28), the mantra of success is simple. “The work

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Rajkot’s Favourite Chaiwali Quit Her Job to Start a ‘Secret Thela’; Earns Rs 45000/Month #IndiaNEWS #Gujarat
For Rajkot-based Nisha Hussain (28), the mantra of success is simple. “The work you enjoy doing should be done with pride, not shame. You can make good money even from small jobs. No work is small,� she says.
Despite facing resistance from her family, Nisha quit her job as a computer operator in 2017 and started selling tea in secrecy, from a handcart the following year. Now, she is fondly referred to as the ‘chaiwali of Rajkot’ and sells as many as 10 flavours of tea at her stall called ‘The Chailand’.
“I used to enjoy making tea on special occasions since I was a child. When I started my business, I was confident that I would be successful but I hardly had any customers in the beginning. People were not used to seeing a woman single-handedly running a tea stall, and were apprehensive about approaching me. I threw away most of my tea for at least 15 days in a row,� Nisha tells The Better India.
“Business was just starting to pick up when one day, a customer put up an Instagram story of my stall that went viral. After that, people started flocking to The Chailand. It makes me really happy when they call me Rajkot’s chaiwali,� she adds.
While a cup of regular tea at Nisha’s stall costs Rs 10, the flavoured teas cost Rs 30. Her best-selling product, however, is the tandoori tea, which is priced at Rs 40.
“The boiled tea is poured into a kullhadd, which is placed in a tandoor. The smoke generated in the process and the earthiness from the vessel gives it a distinctive flavour, similar to the ‘chulhe vaali chai’ sold back in the day. I also sell different flavours in black tea and green tea for my health-conscious customers,� she says.


 










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Other flavours of tea available at The Chailand are ginger-mint, cinnamon, lemongrass, cardamom and masala chai.

Becoming a Chaiwali
Soon after she completed her High School studies in 2015, Nisha started work as a computer operator at the Rajkot Sub-Registrar’s office. She says she didn’t enjoy her work and wanted to leave the corporate world, but the lack of further studies limited her options of alternative incomes.
“Back then, I used to live in a hostel and began experimenting with different flavours of tea for my friends. They enjoyed it and encouraged me to take it up as a business, but I knew nothing about the art of selling. So I decided to quit my job and started working at the Tea Post cafe in 2018. The outlet I worked at is shut now, but the experience helped me understand what flavours are the most popular with customers.

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