By M K Bhadrakumar When a tea sapling was brought into Ceylon - present-day Sri Lanka - in 1824 from China and planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens, the British had no commercial interests in mind. It took another 40 years before a plucky Scotsman planted the first seedling, which blossomed into the famous Ceylon Tea and became today's unshakeable pillar of Sri Lanka's economy. The "Emerald Island" has obscure tales to tell. That is why when a swashbuckling army chief by the improbable name of...
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