Following a modest beginning in the early 90s, tea plantation has made a quantum jump in Kishanganj, the only district in the state where tea is grown and has thus put Bihar on the tea map of the country. Within a short span of nearly two decades, the tea plantation has risen from zero acre to some 25,000 acres which was once barren and uncultivated. It has not just generated huge employment opportunities, but could indeed reverse the migration of farm workers from Bihar. An entrepreneur, Raj Karan Daftary, indeed foresaw the huge potential of tea plantation in this district situated as it is on the foothills of the Himalayas and in the vicinity of Darjeeling district. Its tea has already carved a niche among tea lovers, globally. When he started planting tea on a small patch of barren and undulating land in Pothia and Thakurganj blocks of the district, he was simply mocked and derided. But once it captured people