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May Day: A Tea Worker’s Day Off

Anuradha Sharma May 7, 2025 0

On May 1 this year, I received an invitation to attend the celebration of 139th International Labour Day at Longview Tea Estate. I wasn’t quite feeling well and there was a lot to do, but it was an opportunity I did not want to pass. So, I joined a bunch of lively young members of…

That monsoon day, six decades ago, when Darjeeling tea workers made history in labour struggle

Anuradha Sharma Jul 8, 2018 0

Last month, I visited Margaret’s Hope tea estate. It was in this tea garden, home to some of the world’s finest teas, that workers created history of sorts when six of them got killed in police firing on June 25, 1955. They were part of a protest demonstration, fighting for their labour rights. The incident…