Tea leave pickers 7 images Created 14 Jan 2022
Women workers collecting tea leaves from the garden during plucking season in Srimangal, Sylhet.
Almost a century ago, tea workers in Sylhet left their gardens and started a journey back to the lands of their origin -- Bihar, Odisha and Assam. It was a protest march they called “Mulluke Cholo” (Let's go back home). The protest was against the inhumane working conditions and torture at the hands of British owners.
Since then, in the last 97 years, little change has come into the lives of tea workers. Today they could barely live by the wage they earn, many of them go to bed half-fed, and their families crammed into small quarters lacking any sanitation facilities.
The photo was taken from a popular tea garden this season.
Almost a century ago, tea workers in Sylhet left their gardens and started a journey back to the lands of their origin -- Bihar, Odisha and Assam. It was a protest march they called “Mulluke Cholo” (Let's go back home). The protest was against the inhumane working conditions and torture at the hands of British owners.
Since then, in the last 97 years, little change has come into the lives of tea workers. Today they could barely live by the wage they earn, many of them go to bed half-fed, and their families crammed into small quarters lacking any sanitation facilities.
The photo was taken from a popular tea garden this season.
